News

February 2010

• Five Steps to Keeping the Pay Cheque

  01/02/2010
  The most tiring time of the year for our sheep farmers is now swinging into motion and hopefully the results of all the hard work will soon be hitting the decks - The critical thing now is that this live birth percentage is maintained to give an equally successful weaning rate...

• TB Testing - Inconclusive Reactors in 2010

  01/02/2010
  Most of us are only too familiar with the effects of bovine TB in the UK and particularly here in the Southwest region...

• Investing in animal health - the time has never been better!

  01/02/2010
  Livestock keepers in the South East will soon be able to take advantage of two schemes aimed at improving animal health and welfare, funded by SEEDA through the Rural Development Programme for England...

• The weather has been less than helpful

  01/02/2010
  The weather has been less then helpful and made getting around the county particularly challenging and at times quite amusing - Farmers never tire of watching the vet fall on his arse in the collecting yard, though sitting for 3 hours on the M20 in snow is not my idea of fun - This constant changing of temperatures is really causing a lot of stress in the calves, and we have seen quite a few outbreaks of coughs and sneezes around the farms...

• One month in.....

  01/02/2010
  Now that all of the snow has cleared, for the moment anyway, and the Christmas decorations have been put in the loft for another 11 months, all thoughts have now turned towards the months ahead - With the calving and lambing season fast approaching, or in many cases already here, the final preparations have been made to watch, assist and aid this year’s crop of new borns into the world...