Return home from the coach trip and make inmediate changes to your buildings!! ๐๐ป๐๐ป
Perfect example of the reason we host the discussion group! ๐๐ Opportunity to see, learn and take home new things!
Carr's Billington
Oakhill Farm Vets
Alta Genetics UK
Lely Center Longtown
Massey Feeds
๐๐ ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ - ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐/๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐! ๐๐
๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐
We are excited to invite you to this year's great line-up of talks and farm visits!
Booking is now open via https://www.redrosedairydiscussiongroup.co.uk/#book or 01772861300
Lely Center Longtown
Massey Feeds
Oakhill Farm Vets
Carr's Billington
Alta Genetics UK
Our annual coach trip - 50 Lancashire Dairy farmers headed to Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Oakhill Farm Vets
Massey Feeds
Alta Genetics
Carrs Billington
Archway Travel LTD
And the winner is...Thomas Parkinson! Congratulations, you have won two tickets for Chipping Show. Thomas Parkinson
๐น๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐! โ๐
๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง.โ ๐น
Last Wednesday saw 115 farmers attend the farm walk kindly hosted by David Talbot, his dad Clem and the team at Lower Alston Farm.
Key take-home points from the day:
๐ Necessary expansion (and constant phone calls from the robots) led to the installation of a 40:40 DeLaval rapid exit parlour.
๐Milking environment very important to attract milkers- light, clean, safe and no cameras
๐Cow management eased by shedding gate and segregation area.
๐ Each cow walks through a hoofcount automated footbath each milking along a race - notably less muck in the footbath than when sited at the exit to robot.
๐Environmental mastitis and cell counts became a problem as the robots aged and the farm expanded- Startvacc mastitis vaccine helped plaster the cracks but is not needed now and rates are at an all-time low!
๐ Genomic testing of the heifers is allowing for faster genetic progression of the herd using sexed semen and breeding the bottom 25% to beef.
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Workstation 1: Andy Bramall presented the variations seen in growth performance across the 32 farms enrolled in the Oakhill calf club and the underlying reasons for this were discussed inclusive of subclinical coccidiosis.
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Workstation 2: Mike Murphy discussed some top tips on twin management using our two cheery gingers James and Charlie as an example- everyone loves the red cows!
Thank you to everyone who has attended this year's Red Rose visits. We hope to see you again in the Autumn!
๐ ๐ต๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐!
๐We raised ยฃ250 for Cash for Kids Lancashire ๐
Kindly sponsored by Oakhill Farm Vets Massey Feeds Alta Genetics UK Carr's Billington
The competition for the Chipping Show tickets is now closed. Thank you to all those who entered!
๐Congratulations to the winner Mia Stott! ๐
Please send us a message to arrange the tickets ๐
