Events

National Youngstock Association Farm Walk West Sussex

Location: Steyning, West Sussex
Cost: Free - registration essential

RABDF is pleased to announce a series of National Youngstock Association farm walks focussing on youngstock rearing, with the support of Pfizer Animal Health, Volac & NWF. These will take place from February to May 2012 across the UK. Please see the Events section of the website for other dates and locations.

13th March 2012 Huddlestone Farm, Horsham Rd, Steyning, West Sussex by kind permission of Tim Gue.

Huddlestone Farm is a 1,400 acre holding featuring the 400 cow pedigree herd of Huddlestone Holstein cows. The dairy enterprise is complemented by arable comprising maize, wheat and oilseed rape.

Calving is autumn based from August to April. All calves are tubed with colostrum within their first six hours before joining an automatic feeding system featuring groups of 15 animals. Heifers are in-calf by two years of age using sexed semen and go on to be milked through a 32 point rotary parlour.

http://huddlestoneholsteins.co.uk/

We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of this event: Arla, Ecosyl, Cogent, DairyCo, Holstein UK, JFC, John Seale Ltd, Kent Wool Growers, Mole Valley Farmers, NWF Agriculture, Pfizer Animal Health, Vetoquinol, & Volac. For full details of the sponsors for this event, please click here.

The day will commence at 10:30am and finish by 2:00pm. Lunch will be provided.

Topics to be covered include:

Feeding calf colostrum,
Effective diet management from calf to heifer,
Disease prevention and control,
Building design and ventilation.

Please note that registration is essential. If you are interested in attending the farm walk please register with Sian Mercer at RABDF on 0845 458 2711 or email sianmercer@rabdf.co.uk . Directions and further details will be sent upon registration.

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Farm Open Days/Farm Walks

The RABDF Farm Open Days and Walks have proven to be a popular diary date for our members. Host farms are selected to highlight specific management techniques which have proven successful and may be of benefit to other producers. We also ensure the farms visited cover a range of breeds and species.

Held throughout the country, these open days give visitors the opportunity to view the farm as well as speak to suppliers, which much like Dairy Event and Livestock Show provides an ideal forum for information exchange. Previous open days have included visits to Gold Cup winning farms.

Watch the events section for up and coming Farm Open Days and Farm Walks.