DairyCo
Welcome to DairyCo
South East
Introducing the Extension Team in your area
A key part of being an extension officer is to help provide
world class knowledge to our UK dairy farmers. We work with a range
of different dairy organisations to make sure we are as accessible
as possible providing the most up to date and effective information
for you to use in your business.
As a team we can share our technical expertise with the dairy
farming community. Discussion groups and open
meetings are always great tools to discover alternative
methods and share experiences.
What's coming up?
The Day: Open meeting - Options for out
wintering dry cows and young stock
Purpose: Look at why house dry stock, the pros
and cons of out wintering, the financial benefits of out wintering
then a farm walk and discussion to look at out wintering dry cows
on long grown grass and silage bales, in calf heifers on stubble
turnips and spring born calves on long grown grass.
Date: Monday 12 December 2011, 10:30 -1:30
(lunch provided)
Venue: Fox Inn Hermitage & Eling Farm, Eling,
Hermitage, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 9XR
The Day: Open Meeting - DairyCo Healthy Feet
Programme
Purpose: Join Ben Brearly , the Livestock Partnership and
Peter Heath , Stock 1st Livestock Services to discuss the DairyCo
Healthy Feet Programme & see it in action. Find out how this
strategic approach to lameness will save you money. Practical foot
trimming demonstration, Mobility Scoring, Early lameness detection,
Effective treatment.
Date: Thursday 15 December 2011 10:30 until 2:00pm (Lunch
provided)
Venue:Middle Farm, Cheriton SO24 0PW Courtesy of Mark and
Joanna Cheyney
For more information about events in your area please look on our events page
What's been happening?
A very successful meeting was held at J Goodwin and Sons looking at what benefits the Healthy Feet Programme has brought them but also challenges and changes still to be made.
Ben Brearly from the Livestock Partnership and Peter Heath from Stock 1st both newly qualified HFP Mobility Mentors were keen to show the 25 farmers in attendance the benefits of the programme.
A group of 30 farmers were lucky enough to visit Vortex Holstein's of Tom King, the recent RABDF Gold Cup winner. The day consisted of Sally Wilson of Evolution vets looking at cow flow and how collecting yard design can influence lameness.
Karen Lancaster of DairyCo looked at the impact of cow comfort on production. The key message here was that attention to detail without having to spend a fortune will make the difference between a mediocre and an excellent herd.
For more information about events and meetings in your area please go to the events page.