The latest news and updates form the Lambert Leonard and May team
Lancashire clients will be receiving their updated growth and benchmarking reports in the new year and Molly highlights two cases where improvements have had a direct impact on calf growth rates – and bumped them up the rankings!
One of the advantageous parts of weighing your calves is being able […]
Probably about time I gave you an update about my week in the North travelling for my Nuffield scholarship which is looking at animal health and welfare in regenerative agriculture. Nuffield is primarily a travel scholarship which, impeded by Covid, has meant I’ve travelled the UK much more than I […]
On Thursday 30th September, we got back out on farm for a farm walk at Upper Farm, Staffordshire. Thank you to everyone who came along, we hope you had a great day – plus we managed to dodge the rain despite the dismal forecast!
It was great to see how much […]
After a recent AHDB Dairy webinar with the legend that is Temple Grandin we were reminded how beneficial getting the basics of animal handling right can be for humans and animals alike. Here are 10 ways that better animal handling will improve your business:
With the cold and wet weather still upon us, it may seem a little early to be planning for turn out, but it is the perfect time to look back at last year and reflect on what parasite challenges you may have faced last season and start preparing for turn […]
Being sure to use quarantine treatments on bought-in animals will reduce the risk of bringing wormer resistant parasites onto your farm. Planning ahead for this can bring a host of benefits, but there are a few additional prevention areas we can look at as well.
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The diagnosis of Mycoplasma bovis is becoming more and more common on dairy farms, it can cause disease in both calves and adult cattle. It is a notoriously difficult bug to treat, and even then vaccination has historically proved difficult.
We have previously relied onautogenous vaccine (those producedin a lab […]
In show business, they say never work with children or animals because, despite best intentions, accidents can happen. With housing upon us, animals will no doubt find inventive ways to hurt themselves in buildings which were thought to be safe. As we continuously aim to reduce antibiotic use, we are […]
Many of you, like me, may think it’s too late in the season to be thinking about parasites, but the truth is …parasites are persistent little blighters that never ever give up!
So, I have done a bit of research of the main culprits and pulled together some key bits […]
A long term dream of mine to launch a Mobility Management service at LLM finally became reality with the arrival on 1st October of our very own professional cattle hoof trimmer – Chris Smith; he was followed in quick time a few days later by his state of the art […]
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