RAFT Solutions Ltd

07/01/2025

07/01/2025

Join Nidderdale National Landscape and our sister company RAFT Solutions Ltd for a talk led by our vet Ben Walker, discussing the findings of his studies with the Nidderdale Dung Beetle Project and how these powerhouse critters can reduce the use of parasiticides and save you time and money. Call 01768 868615 to book your spot. Supper included!

24/12/2024

We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

20/12/2024

Just a little reminder of our Christmas opening times

16/12/2024

TODAY! Kersia Free Webinar

Free Webinar TODAY!
Kersia Farm Hygiene has teamed up with RAFT Solutions Ltd to host a joint webinar on Monday 16th December at 4.00pm.

The webinar will explore the Kersia bolus range, specifically the Bolifast Physiologic and Bolifast Rumen bolus products.

Jonathan Statham, RAFT Solutions and Bishopton Veterinary Group will be presenting alongside Nicolas Forzy and Nele Gyselinck, Kersia Group to discuss the products’ use for targeted bolus administration for transition cow health management pre- and post- calving.

Alex Oliver, Bishopton Veterinary Group will also join us to present his own experiences of using the bolus products within UK dairy herds.
The presenters are:
Jonathan Statham, MA VetMB DCHP FRCVS RCVS Recognised Specialist in Cattle Health, Chief Executive RAFT Solutions and Veterinary Partner Bishopton Veterinary Group
Nicolas Forzy, Dietary Feed Business Development Manager Kersia Group
Nele Gyselinck, Product Manager Dairy & Diet Benelux Kersia Group
Alex Oliver, BVetMedSci BVM BVS, Bishopton Veterinary Group
To book a place and register, click here or scan the QR code:
https://www.addevent.com/event/aI24112421

10/12/2024

🎄🎅 CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR OPENING TIMES 🎅🎄
Here are our office and laboratory opening times for the festive period

04/12/2024

27/11/2024

📢 Meet the speakers... Prof Jonathan Statham RAFT Solutions Ltd will give details of the sexed male Stabiliser semen project at January's conference. Sexed male semen can significantly increase annual herd suckler beef yields and income by positively moving from 50:50 towards 80:20 bull calves and consequently reducing emissions intensity.

Jonathan Statham is Chief Executive at RAFT Solutions and Professor of Sustainable Livestock Health & Welfare at Harper and Keele Veterinary School, chairing the InSHAW research group there. He is a practicing independent farm veterinary surgeon, graduating from Cambridge University in 1996 and is a partner and chair of Bishopton Veterinary Group. Jonathan is a Fellow and Specialist of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. In 2015 he was awarded the UK Dairy Vet of the year. 🐮

He is Past-President of the British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA) and has held a range of representative or policy linked roles and currently sits on the Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) of the VMD, the steering group of the Ruminant Health & Welfare Group, the EU ‘Q fever’ one health panel, the animal science advisory board of the KTN and chair of the Defra Pathway Chairs Group. He is a Fellow of Askham Bryan College and chairs the Animal Health & Welfare Board for England at Defra. He has published widely in the field of sustainable food, herd health, precision livestock farming and breeding technologies. 🐂 🧬 🌱

To hear more from Jonathan join us 20-22 January. Book your Place online ➡️ https://buff.ly/2Qz3ihD Bishopton Veterinary Group

15/11/2024

Join us on Thursday 28th November to participate in a group discussion at Welshpool Livestock Sales Ltd

Topic: Establishing a national infectious disease simulation model to guide BVD control and policy design.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided

Please contact RAFT 01765 645893 or email [email protected] if you wish to attend

12/11/2024

Come and join our very own Jonathan Statham, alongside the The Farming Community Network over Zoom to discuss Farming and Food Security!

Just email [email protected] for the access code 👍🏼🚜

🎙Tomorrow evening our very own Jonathan Statham joins FCN for their winter program of talks.

Jonathan holds a number of senior positions within the veterinary and agricultural sectors including Chair of the Animal Health & Welfare Board of England (AHWBE).

This one's on Zoom so grab a drink and enjoy an informative hour with an industry expert in the comfort of your own home. (Email [email protected] for the access code) 🚜🚜

24/09/2024

🤩 EXCITING PROJECT UPDATE! 🤩

We have been working closely with the team at Morrisons, one of their Blueprint Beef farmers, Tim Phipps, and the Map Of Ag in our latest project looking at how sexed semen could be transformative in terms of genetic progress and by enhancing sustainable reproductive success in the first phase of the breeding season.

Supported by Innovate UK, this project has developed several innovative ideas that are now helping the Phipps family ensure the beef they supply to Morrisons has a low carbon footprint as possible.

🚜 As part of the herd sustainability strategy, bulls with strong maternal traits have been used to breed cows that would suit the system. Bulls with strong growth traits were then selected as sexed male AI semen to put on the replacement females to produce efficient finishing stock for the trial. By using sexed male semen in this study, the aim was to move the ratio of calves from 50:50 male: female towards majority 80:20 bull calves and consequently extra beef yield.

🚜 The programme produced additional bull calves which modelling predicted would produce an additional three tonnes of beef per 100 cows/year.

🚜 Sustainable breeding improvements lead to decreased days to slaughter, reduced waste, and increased resource efficiency.

🚜 Sexed semen offers a key tool to target maternal genetics in the animals bred as replacements and ultimately terminal beef traits in animals less suitable for breeding replacements, producing more efficient and lower emissions beef.

It’s been a great project to be involved in and a big thank you to everyone involved!

11/09/2024

Our Operations Director, Harriet Scott, is attending UK Dairy Day today and is on-hand to discuss all services RAFT Solutions related.

Send us a DM if you're attending the event and would like to speak to Harriet about how RAFT and your business could work together!

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UK Dairy Day is open! We are delighted to welcome you back to UK Dairy Day 2024, our 10th anniversary event! The main catering area is in the Ironbridge Suite on the first floor for coffee and breakfast. Catering vans also in the external trade stand area.

The cattle show judging will commence at 8.40am. There are 280 trade stands feature across internal and external exhibition areas and include feed manufacturers, animal health suppliers, vets, milk buyers, dairy and farm equipment suppliers. Practical demonstrations start at 9.00am and the seminars and industry panels start at 9.30am

Pick up a free event guide with timetable and map.

The Event Guide and Cattle Catalogue are also available to view and download from the UK Dairy Day website.

11/09/2024

Today we are proudly supporting the campaign by Back British Farming NFU.

Here at RAFT, we want to say a huge THANK YOU to every farmer for their incredible hard work they do every day, all year round. We help support the farming community by developing innovative research, advanced breeding and training solutions to the food sustainability challenges our farmers face.

With British Farming at the heart of our nation, we encourage you show your appreciation and and together we can ensure a greener, sustainable future for generations to come!

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20/08/2024

We've partnered with Kersia UK Farm Hygiene to bring you an exclusive range of innovative boluses designed for dairy and beef cows!

Delivering an optimum health system for high-performance cows with a focus on transition health, fertility, liver function and rumen health.

Click the link below to find out more! 🐄🐄

13/08/2024

The Pig team over at Bishopton Veterinary Group have been nominated for a prestigious award at The National Pig Awards! Please go and support them by voting in the link below...🙌

https://nationalpigawards.co.uk/2024/en/page/npa-allied-industry-member-of-the-year?utm_campaign=NPA24%20Allied%20Industry%20Vote&utm_content=CAST%20YOUR%20VOTE%20%F0%9F%91%86&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalpigawards.co.uk%2F2024%2Fen%2Fpage%2Fnpa-allied-industry-member-of-the-year&utm_medium=email&utm_source=MAA%20Awards%20%26%20Events

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Big news!! (We need your help!) 🐖🐖🙏

Our small but mighty pig team are delighted to have been named finalists at the National Pig Awards as the NPA Allied Industry Member of the Year Award. Just to be nominated is an honour and we're extremely proud of them!

We're up against some huge names in the industry (we are the only vets), so we'd be very grateful if you could take a moment to vote for us. Our pig team are incredibly hard working, and we don't shout about them enough, so please help us get them the recognition they deserve and VOTE VOTE VOTE!! 🙏🐖😊🙏🐖😊🙏

You can scan the code or visit the National Pig Award page to vote. Link below.

https://nationalpigawards.co.uk/2024/en/page/npa-allied-industry-member-of-the-year?utm_campaign=NPA24%20Allied%20Industry%20Vote&utm_content=CAST%20YOUR%20VOTE%20%F0%9F%91%86&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalpigawards.co.uk%2F2024%2Fen%2Fpage%2Fnpa-allied-industry-member-of-the-year&utm_medium=email&utm_source=MAA%20Awards%20%26%20Events

Good luck, Pig Team!! 🐷🐽🏆

08/08/2024

The Farmers Guardian and Morrisons campaign is back for another year and here at RAFT Solutions Ltd we are proud to show our support to the farming industry and celebrate all that is great with British farming!

Check out one of our resident RAFT cow's enjoying her morning breakfast of prime stock nuts and forage, supplemented with Omega 3 and minerals!

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03/08/2024

HUGE well done to Bishopton Veterinary Group and Bishopton Farm Team for winning the People’s vote at today’s St Wilfred’s Parade in Ripon!

Brilliant float guys, well done team Bishopton! 🤠👏🏼🎉

Thank you SO much to everyone who liked, shared and voted on the St Wilfrid's Day Parade posts. We are delighted to announce we won The People's Vote and we couldn't be more proud.

Thank you also to all the organisers, volunteers, sponsors, fellow floats and the many many people behind the scenes who paint, make costumes and just provide encouragement. It's an incredible day and trust us when we say, we know how much goes into it.

Well done everyone!!