Farm Gate Vets

30/03/2025

Happy Mother’s Day - To all of you and all creatures great and small.

27/03/2025

If you are experiencing an uncomfortable level of lamb loss through abortion this lambing time, please speak to us about identifying the cause. Sending off samples from aborted material hopefully gives an answer mid outbreak. MSD Flockcheck is also available where we take 6-8 bloods from aborted ewes, the lab work cost is then subsidised for EAE and Toxoplasmosis. This can be done up to 3 months after abortion so please mark them for testing when time allows.

20/03/2025

Don’t forget to pick up a lambing list from the practice which includes all your lambing time supplies. Hand in your order using the list and not only do you get organised for lambing, you will be given a packet of biscuits and entered into our prize draw to win a pair of wellies later in the year!!😳🐑

19/03/2025

The full gallery, well done again and thank you to each and every one of you for entering. 🎨🎨🖼️

19/03/2025

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of our half term colouring competition. The children’s category winners each win an art set, the adult category winners gain lifetime bragging rights!!
In our 0-6 years we have Summer Inman 👏🏻🥇
In our 7-14 years we have Emily Bargh 👏🏻🥇
Adults - Dalehead Veterinary Group

Well done to everyone who took part, our judges had a very tough job.

16/03/2025

A new product in our armoury for watery mouth has appeared, not as a substitute for but to work alongside good colostrum management and hygiene. Sarah is famous in the practice for her healthy scepticism, her Yorkshire upbringing has set her up to cut through marketing stories and shiny packets. Many watery mouth products containing ingredients of little if any value to the newborn lamb. However, in her words, Arkguard does warrant further consideration. It contains IgY antibodies in high concentrations, harvested from the egg yolks of vaccinated hens. A 2.4ml dose immediately after birth coats the gut with protective antibodies that mop up any bacteria ingested by the lamb. Please speak to us for further information.

14/03/2025

Meeting reminder 📢, Bestico Fly Control and an update on Blue Tongue in cattle. We could do with numbers for food today if possible please. 🪰

12/03/2025

On behalf of CSF (Catchment Sensitive Farming) please follow the link to find details of a meeting coming up - Sustainable Maize Management - Lakeland Maze Farm Park Tickets, Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainable-maize-management-lakeland-maze-farm-park-tickets-1261237478249?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1%2A15xrnt6%2A_up%2AMQ..%2A_ga%2AMTg1MDIzNDY3Ni4xNzQxNjg3NjYz%2A_ga_TQVES5V6SH%2AMTc0MTY4NzY2My4xLjAuMTc0MTY4NzY2My4wLjAuMA..

11/03/2025

Sarah and Alex thoroughly enjoyed speaking to Vale O’ Lune YFC last night, thank you for having us!

08/03/2025

Today is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate all the strong inspirational women in our practice and throughout the veterinary and agricultural industries. 🫶🏼💪

07/03/2025

Happy 21st Birthday to our super star receptionist Alice, have a good one 🥂🥂🎉🎉🎉

05/03/2025

Bestico Fly Control- Lunchtime Meeting on Tuesday 18th March at J36. Please join us for a discussion on how this natural fly control method works, how farms got on last year and plans for 2025. For all existing users and anyone who is interested in finding out more. Jim will also update us on Blue Tongue in cattle. .uk

04/03/2025

March has come in like a lamb, let’s hope it stays like this for lambing time. Please have a read of our newsletter and add our new Whatsapp order number to your phone 📱 details in here - 👇

http://www.farmgatevets.com/newsletters//Newsletter%20March%202025.pdf

26/02/2025

Some useful information here …

Some important announcements from Steve Reed’s speech today at the NFU Conference.

❗ Defra has secured more funding for the capital grant scheme for 2025/26. They will start processing the applications that have been on hold and the scheme will reopen later this year but with caps on the maximum grant available: https://bit.ly/CapitalGrantUpdate

❗ Higher Level Stewardship payment rates will be increased for the 2025 payment year onwards: https://bit.ly/HLS-2025. A very welcome development for farmers whose payments have not increased for more than a decade.

❗ Steve Reed also announced further rounds of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund, The Farming Innovation Programme and a new “Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies” Fund. https://bit.ly/grantscomingsoon

The full speech is at: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/environment-secretary-steve-reed-nfu-conference-speech

26/02/2025

Lambing Course - New Date !! This will be our last course of 2025, please call the office to book in.

22/02/2025

Half Term Colouring Comp reminder!!! This entry from Dalehead Veterinary Group - Farm Animal has sadly been disqualified on account of exceeding our age categories and sabotage of the original 😂😂. An admirable attempt though ☺️.

For our youngsters, please drop in your entry at the practice or e mail a copy to [email protected]. Closing date Friday 28th Feb.

18/02/2025

You will never regret installing a decent calving gate. Safer for the farmer, the vet and the animal. Hannah was happy enough with this one tonight for a calf bed.

18/02/2025

The temptation to sell geld sheep is high this year with prices where they are but it is always worth sampling these sheep before they go to test for major causes. We have access to subsidised testing for toxo (barren ewes) and enzo and toxo (for aborted ewes). Please call to book in, even if it’s on the way to the auction!