Haywood Farm Vets

11/07/2025

Not just us getting ready for Newport Show tomorrow - here's Mecca Beauty looking sharp and heading for a bath!

Make sure you look out for her on the cattle lines tomorrow - she loves a fuss!

07/07/2025

🏆 It's Newport Show on Saturday! 🏆

Can't wait to see you all for drinks from the trough, nibbles from and a catch up with your team ♥️

05/07/2025

It's the Irish Moiled Breeders Day at Betton House today from 12.30 for an introduction to the Betton herd and the Irish Moiled breed, Moilie BBQ, clipping demo, farm walk and President discussion.

☎️ Send a quick message via Whatsapp to 07842 185008 if you'd like to attend.

The Irish Moiled are a lovely quiet breed, naturally polled, easy to outwinter and perfect for conservation grazing. Come have a look if you want to find out more.

03/07/2025

HFV Charity Dinner Dance 😍

🍻 All food and drink included
🎻 Live band so bring your dancing shoes
💚 Promise Auction
🚁 All proceeds to Midlands Air Ambulance

Sunday 14th September from 6.30pm at Old Springs Farm (IEC HQ)

Click on the link below to book your table 👇

bit.ly/hfv-harvest-festival

26/06/2025

👀 if you're looking for some healthy, young cows to join your herd, check these girls out...

There is TONS of milk potential with these cows, they're meticulous on cell count and mastitis, conception rates are at 50% to AI in the cows, and there's ten years of TIGHT Johne's control behind them (ATV: 3.9, no J5 or J4).

✅ BVD vaccinated and clear youngstock tests
✅ IBR and Lepto vaccinated
✅ Bluetongue vaccinated (2 doses of Bultavo 3)

And they've been well loved so expect big softies ♥️

🗓️ Monday 30th June

🕥 10.30am

📍 Market Drayton Market

20/06/2025

🏆 Staffordshire Champion Herd 🏆

A tremendous result for Paul Stubbs and the amazing cows of Whitgreave Holsteins

These are cows that look as good in the show ring as they do in the shed ♥️

Staffordshire Champion Herd:

Stubbs Partners- Whitgreave Holsteins

Huge thank you to our judge Edward Griffiths for his expertise over the last two days!

28/05/2025

G R A S S S T A G G E R S

Cows acting a bit weird this morning? Nervy? Excitable? Twitchy?

This rain will really impact grass growth and Mag availability.

Make sure you're supplementing mag in the parlour cake or in the ration if you've got fresh cows out at grass. And have a bottle of mag to hand to go under the skin if you suspect a grass staggers case.

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27/05/2025

How secure are your feed stores?

Could badgers sneak onto your farm for easy pickings from the feed troughs?

Nice to see this suckler farm taking this seriously on their free TBAS visit today.

Although TB can pass between cows, it's crucial we keep badgers away from cattle feed and water to stop cows and badgers infecting each other.

23/05/2025

The government has announced that all of England will be going into a bluetongue restriction zone from 1st July. This means there won't be any pre-movement testing of cattle and sheep and bluetongue could spread faster than it has done so far as infected animals move and infect midge populations elsewhere.

If you want to know more about the bluetongue vaccines and how they can help protect against the disease, just get in touch.


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20/05/2025

"Atypical" BSE case in Essex - May 20th

Please don't panic if you see that there's been a confirmed case of BSE in a cow in Essex - it was an "atypical" case which means it's a naturally occurring case - these occur at very low levels in all cow populations across the world; nothing to do with the more worrying "classical" BSE that comes from contaminated feeds.

The cow showed some signs of BSE and was killed, sampled and then incinerated as fallen stock.

There's no need to panic for farmers or consumers.





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09/03/2025

When a "whilst you're here...can you look at some calves" turns into a shed makeover on a Saturday!

This shed is open fronted and not overstocked but the back wall of solid tin sheets meant it was stuffy and there were one or two struggling with pneumonia despite a good vaccination policy.

So off came some sheets! 😍

21/02/2025

If you’re a dynamic farm vet who wants to work with a tremendous bunch of farmers, be part of a close-knit supportive team without any drama, and look after your work/life balance then we would love to hear from you.

Get in touch with Paula (07764 747855) or Tom (07837 291097) for an informal, confidential chat.