Content related to the topic: farm-excellence

15 March 2021

Taking on the challenge of improving herd fertility

How Wallace and James Hendrie are improving fertility in their spring block calving herd by reviewing the previous calving season and fertility figures.

10 March 2021

Reducing mastitis during the dry period

Exploring the source of mastitis identified an issue with the dry cow environment and highlighted potential improvements

26 February 2021

Strategic dairy programme in Wales

We have been able to expand our strategic dairy farm network in Wales through the Dairy Improvement Programme (DIP) for Wales.

26 February 2021

Rhaglen laeth strategol yng Nghymru

Rydym wedi llwyddo i ehangu’n rhwydwaith o ffermydd llaeth strategol yng Nghymru drwy’r Rhaglen Gwella’r Sector Llaeth (DIP) ar gyfer Cymru.

24 February 2021

Selecting bulls for a better block

A focus on breeding at Bridge Farm helped them move into the top 5% of autumn block herds ranked by genetic merit.

27 January 2021

Work smart, not hard

Strategic dairy farmer Richard Tucker uses Lean Management to help tackle the time it takes to wash down the parlour

26 January 2021

Gilt Watch® demonstrated there are many solutions to improving overall gilt and sow retention but only when embedded across processes to produce marginal gains. What is needed is a how-to guide for getting from variation to standardisation.

26 January 2021

Gilt Watch® Early Successes

Gilt Watch® mentors have shown that controlling some of the processes around gilt selection, farrowing groups and nutrition by parity, substantial reductions in variation and performance can be achieved.