Today is a great day to learn something new.
Join industry experts from across the UK and the world for a series of webinars covering a variety of topics from feeding to embryo transfers.
Calf Signals
NWF Agriculture (Abbi England)
At NWF, they recognise the importance pre-weaning nutrition can have on the future productivity and longevity of heifers joining the herd, and therefore the future profitability of the farm business. To keep calves healthy, you must do the right things at the right moment. Using the five-critical control points the basic needs for every calf can be fulfilled at each moment of the day. Your focus is on today, tomorrow and the future, what happened yesterday enables us to learn. Join NWF’s Youngstock Team and Abbi England, Technical Manager and Cow Signals© master trainer for an online Calf Signals session.
Successful Transition Periods
Shropshire Farm Vets (James Marsden)
James Marsden graduated from Bristol in 2006 and spent a year in mixed practice in rural Berkshire. The transition period is a critical time for a cow. Running from three weeks prior to calving to three weeks post calving, the period sees the cow at highest risk of associated diseases such as milk fever and displaced abomasum. Join James Marsden from Shropshire Farm Vets on learning about his top tips for a successful transition period.
Founding Lightning Ridge Genetics
LRG (Declan Patten)
Declan was raised on a dairy farm in Gippsland, Australia, and after graduating from the University of Melbourne with an associate degree in Agriculture, he accepted a role at Genus PLC. Throughout his entire career he has been within the dairy industry and has created some strong international sales relationships working in both Australia and North America. Lightning Ridge Genetics was founded in 1999, they have strived to purchase the best cows possible to build a strong foundation for their business and they now own over 140 cattle in seven countries.
Benefits of Bovine Embryo Transfers
Celltech Embryo Transfer (Tom Lomas)
Tom Lomas is an Embryo Transfer Practitioner at Celltech Embryo Transfer Ltd based in the heart of Cheshire and has been working at Celltech for around nine years but has been using embryo transfer on his own TLC herd for many years. This webinar provides an insight into the process of embryo transfer, from the selection of a viable donor, all the way through to the registration of the calves.
Feed Blocks on the Dairy Farm
Crystalyx (Dr. Clive Lister)
Dr Clive Lister studied for both his degrees in Animal Nutrition and Physiology at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne before joining Carr’s Group in 1989. Today Dr Lister is Technical Director of Caltech, a subsidiary of Carr’s Group that purchased the Crystalyx feed block brand in 1993.
The presentation covers three fundamental questions that many dairy farmers ask about feed blocks: Why do I need a feed block when I have a fully formulated diet from my nutritionist? Do all stock lick a feed block when offered? Do feed blocks really work?
Negotiating Contracts panel
Abi Reader, James Osman, Michael Masters
The milk supply contract, which a dairy farmer holds, is often the most important contract which they have within their business, however, for many years these contracts have been a huge subject of concern for farmers. This webinar opens the floor up to questions to those involved within the sector to provide some helpful points to take away and help to ensure you are getting the most from your contract, and understand its workings and your rights.