Horizon Dairy Vets

29/05/2024

We have a new team member!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped in our search for good people to join our practice. More details to follow, but we are pleased that we have been successful, and look forward to officially welcoming them to the HDV fold!

16/02/2024

🗣️ CALLING ALL FARM VETS 🗣️

Are you interested in working with block calving herds to improve udder health & fertility performance?

If so, sign up for our evidence-based CPD course in April with speakers Dave Gilbert of Horizon Dairy Vets and Al Manning of QMMS on site at one of the UK’s largest block Calving herds!

Buffet lunch and drinks included, please see leaflet attached for more details!

🗓️ Wednesday 17th April
⏰ 9am - 4pm
📍Hadnall Village Hall, Shrewsbury

15/02/2024

3 days and over 360 attendees, an excellent series of events. A lot of good discussion and hopefully plenty of food for thought for all. It's easy to talk efficiency, but how do you be dairy efficient?

12/12/2023

HDV is growing (again!) and we need amazing people to be part of the team.

Full details can be found here in the link below, but to whet your appetite:

https://horizondairyvets.co.uk/whats-going-on%3F

• Progressive dairy only vet practice based nr Whitchurch, Shrops.
• We enable customers to understand first, then help them create the tools to succeed
• Extremely low OOH and TB testing requirements
• We work with forward-looking, open minded clients who understand that change is normal

2 veterinary roles available:

• ** Clinically biased vet **
• Hands on practitioner with a consultative approach (which actually means):
o Opportunities to teach undergrads
o Opportunities to deliver training (farm clients and wider)
o Requirement to deliver strategic insight and guidance to our client base

• ** Consultative biased vet **
• Delivering value to our consultancy clients, including
o Milk processors, Agri retail businesses, training providers and many others
o Helping develop Emergenetics, our approach to helping understand, thinking preferences and improve communications styles (individuals and teams)
o Hands on vetting (hurrah!)

The right person with the right approach is much more important than anything else. Experience, Areas of interests, Full time (4.5d) / Part time, are all up for discussion, and the ultimate blend of responsibilities will be part of the recruitment dialogue.

We love Doing Dairy Differently, so if you are curious about the any of the roles, contact us to find out more!

11/12/2023

Great to see so many clients last week at the annual HDV Christmas Extravaganza! Mr Humphries here in full flow on lean management for dairy. Interesting concepts shared to help drive efficiency - especially in these challenging times. More details to follow in the new year, or get in touch to find out more!

07/12/2023

We did a thing!

Introducing the latest addition to the HDV veterinary Team, Carmen!

27/11/2023

*LAST CHANCE TO BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET TODAY!*

Innovation: The Dairy Farmers Part of the Story

HDV’s Dan Humphries has been working with Leprino Foods on the application of LEAN management, sign up for your free ticket to this event being held on Wednesday to meet farmers using innovative technology on their farms, and the companies who can support you to do same.

Please follow the link below to view the agenda and book your free ticket.

🗓️ Wednesday 29th November 2023
⏰ 9:30am to 17:00pm
📍Midland Agri-Tech Innovation Hub, TF10 8JZ

Leprino Foods invites you to meet farmers using innovative technology on their farms, and the companies who can support you to do the same.

16/11/2023

Innovation: The Dairy Farmers Part of the Story

Leprino Foods invites you to meet farmers using innovative technology on their farms, and the companies who can support you to do the same.

Please follow the link below to view the agenda and book your free ticket.

🗓️ Wednesday 29th November 2023
⏰ 9:30am to 17:00pm
📍Midland Agri-Tech Innovation Hub, TF10 8JZ

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation-the-dairy-farmers-part-of-the-story-tickets-748397134977

09/10/2023

🐄 Maximising Milking Efficiency CPD 🐄

Did you know - working with the cow’s natural reflexes can enable us to harvest the same amount of milk in 60% of the time, with less risk to the cow – what’s not to love!

Understanding the key principles of milk harvest enables us to maximise milking efficiency whilst also improving cow welfare – everyone’s a winner. If you want to find out more why don’t you come along to our Maximising Milking Efficiency CPD courses?

🗓️Wednesday 18th October
⏰10:30am - 13:00pm
📍@ Horizon Dairy Vets HQ, Whitchurch
💰£85pp including Lunch

22/09/2023

Not your average Thursday Evening!

We had a great time yesterday with the team from Wynnstay demonstrating an on farm post mortem to show what’s really going on beneath surface of the developing ruminant.

A big thank you to Wynnstay and Joel & Emma Redfern for having us, it was great to see so many people turn up and ask some excellent questions - despite the weather’s best attempt to rain us off!

20/09/2023

Not your average farm vet job! Just over two weeks to go until applications close - thanks for all the interest so far!

We're on the hunt for our next vet to join the team!

At Horizon Dairy Vets we pride ourselves on Doing Dairy Differently. Since establishing the practice in 2017, we have prioritised enabling farmers to succeed through our focus on advice, and we now service a wide range of dairies across the West Midlands. Education is at the core of what we do, helping our farms drive their businesses forward and developing the farmers of the future. We also provide technical consultancy to several industry companies alongside involvement in undergraduate teaching and acting as a vet school clinical training partner. We do still know how to wield a scalpel blade or get covered in s**t but this is a way less significant part of our day!

We are looking for a colleague who shares our vision that there’s a better way to help farms than just treating the sick. We focus on planning and preventing rather than heroics. We need someone who wants to get stuck in and build relationships with progressive dairy farms, to help them achieve their goals while delivering value. There would also be opportunities to get involved in our global consultancy work, and the delivery of training to both farmers and students.

Looking after our team is very important to us, including a healthy work life balance. We believe we offer an excellent remuneration package (salary range £40,000-65,000) incorporating a 4.5 day week, and we are blessed with a very low volumes of OOH calls thanks to exceptionally capable clients. As a genuinely independent practice we also offer a transparent and fair path to business ownership for the right candidate.

It’s not just a tag line, we really do believe in doing dairy differently. If you’re ready to be part of a team that has done away with the traditional constraints of your average farm practice, we want to hear from you.

To apply or for more information email [email protected]

Dedicated dairy veterinary practice where the success of our farmers is our key focus

14/09/2023

Did you catch us? The team were out in force at Dairy Day yesterday, another great day catching up with clients & industry colleagues!

11/07/2023

In this episode we'll be focusing on the important relationship between health and nutrition, reviewing new developments and innovations to help farmers produce the highest quality dairy replacements for their herd.

To explore this topic Head of Dairy Services, David Howard is joined by Calf & Youngstock Manager, Millie Hendy and also Charlie Moss from Horizon Dairy Vets.

https://bit.ly/435dOg1

05/06/2023

Applications are now closed - we've had lots of great applicants and we are looking forward to the next steps!

Our first of three job adverts is live! Could it be the job for moo?

Job Title: Office Hero at Horizon Dairy Vets

Job Type: FT/PT/Term Time with hybrid working.
Salary: £25-30,000 pro rata – (negotiable).

We are a fast-paced, energetic veterinary practice serving dairy farmers in the West Midlands/North Wales. We're looking for a skilled administrator to join our team and help us keep things running smoothly. The ideal candidate has exceptional organisational skills, a customer service mindset, and thrives in a fast-paced working environment. Hours can be flexible, and this can be a part time role.

Responsibilities:

• Perform general administrative duties, such as managing schedules, taking messages, and day to day bookkeeping.
• Assist the team with their daily activities, including correspondence, invoicing, and data entry.
• Manage inventory of medicines, vaccines, and equipment.
• Provide basic technical support as needed.
• Maintain strict confidentiality standards with all client information.

Requirements:

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with clients, the team and external service providers.
• Exceptional organisational and time management abilities.
• A fun and positive outlook – we all want to enjoy what we do.
• Prior experience in an administrative or customer support role is preferred.
Experience in a veterinary/dairy farm setting is a plus.
What do we offer?

We offer competitive pay, a supportive and fun team environment, and flexible working schedules. This role will require some time in the office near Whitchurch, but hybrid working is possible. Full time/part time/term time applications are encouraged – let us know what would work for you!

If you're a reliable, proactive individual with a can-do attitude, we encourage you to apply to join our team – just send us a CV and cover letter to [email protected].

Want to know more?

For informal enquiries and applications please send an email to [email protected]. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

01/06/2023

We’re kicking off our summer season of courses with a Heifer Rearing Masterclass - in this classroom based course we’ll spend time looking at how to optimise success from weaning to calving using up-to-date evidence based research.

Where: 📍Whitchurch
When: 🗓️ 14th June

Get in touch with us at [email protected] for more information and reserve your place today!

27/04/2023

We're going for the triple!

It's exciting times at HDV HQ as over the next few weeks we're on the look out for not one, not two, but THREE people to join the team! These posts are all new roles in the business so a perfect opportunity to craft something that works for you.

- Support team - a flexi/PT role helping keep the wheels turning smoothly. Main tasks will include coordinating the team, medicines management and day to day accounting.

- TB Tester/Vet tech - a mix of TB testing as an ATT and supporting our excellent customers with animal health support (training will be provided).

- Dairy vet - FT/PT role working with progressive, well organised farms across the different management spectrum. There is also opportunity to grow our national/international consultancy services and/or work delivering training for the right person.

We're in the process of crafting individual job adverts and descriptions, but if you want to get in touch in the meantime then please do send an email to [email protected] to find out more!

25/11/2022

We take breeding decisions seriously, that’s why we’re using a new piece of kit to perform dynamic evaluation of s***m from fresh & frozen semen. Check out our new video & get in touch if you’d like to learn how to better audit your bulls & AI straws.

Horizon Dairy Vets shared a post on Instagram: "Breeding decisions can be tough, make it a bit easier on yourself by auditing your bulls and straws using precision technology to measure motility with the Horizon Dairy Vets Team ". Follow their account to se...

16/11/2022

You can now find us over on Instagram! Give us a follow to see more of what we get up to at HDV

Horizon Dairy Vets shared a post on Instagram: "Hi, we’re new here! Give us a follow to see how HDV are doing dairy differently 🤜". Follow their account to see 1 posts.

25/07/2022

A little last minute, but due to a cancellation we have one more place available on this week's AI Course at Harper Adams - get in touch if you want to find out more!

Timings are Tuesday 26th, Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th July from 1000 - 1500.

10/06/2022

AI Courses!

We've been busy in the background organising our AI courses for this Summer. If you'd like to join us feel free to get in touch!

Why are our Defra approved AI Courses different?
- Two trainers: Dan Humphries (vet) and Brian Cullen (AI Master)
- 3:1 teaching ratio for maximum learning opportunities
- Practicals every day
- On farm follow up to ensure you get off to a flying start

We also run bespoke AI courses throughout the UK - if you're interested in finding out more just let us know.

04/01/2022

Calling all dairy vets! Working with block calving herds and want to understand the system better? Looking for ways to better engage and tailor services? Check out our upcoming course focused on grass based systems!

23/12/2021

Charlie's shifting those raffle tickets at Brian Jones’s Christmas Tractor Run ... Get them quick, all for a great cause

08/12/2021

What can dairying learn from pig farming? Well as it turns out, quite a lot!

29/10/2021

Happy Halloween!

Yes, that is Charlie.

15/09/2021

On the way to Dairy Day - looking forward to seeing everyone!

10/06/2021

Charlie in full flow at today's Sick Cow Skills workshop! We already have delegates lined up for a repeat session, so if you're interested let us know.

28/05/2021

After the last AI course was quickly filled and received great reviews, we are already filling the next course! We also have a Sick Cow Skills workshop on the 10th June - courses are open to all so get in touch to register your interest!

19/10/2020

A big day for Horizon Dairy Vets as we welcome our new vet Charlie to the team!

13/10/2020

Horizon Dairy Vets is three (and a bit) years old! We are finally getting round to eating a bit of celebratory cake, outside in the rain.

06/07/2020

That was quick!

We've had lots of great responses to our advert, and as such we're closing the application window on Friday 10th July so we can get started with meeting our applicants! If you've not yet applied and are keen to, there's still time but the clock is ticking...

Thanks to all those who've viewed and shared our advert, your help is much appreciated.

https://horizondairyvets.co.uk/we-are-recruiting