VIDEO REPORT: EID explained at Lancaster demo event (updated 5/3/10)
A FULL sales ring at Lancaster Auction Mart saw close to 200 farmers attend a day organised by Myerscough College to explain how EID works.
Read more | Comments (0) | March 05 2010
Controlling Mastitis (Pt 2) - Getting to grips with contagious mastitis
IMPROVEMENTS in the management of contagious mastitis and parlour technology has seen many farmers turn their attention to environmental causes in recent years.
Read more | Comments (0) | February 26 2010
Cattle handling and beef breeding best practice
TWENTY eight farmers attended a day organised by Myerscough College on Improving Beef Breeding and Cattle Handling Systems at a farm near Chorley in Lancashire.
Read more | Comments (0) | February 25 2010
Performance Grants Update – February 2010
A TOTAL of 128 performance grant applications have so far gone through decision panels to help improve animal health and welfare, nutrient management and resource efficiciency on livestock farms in the North West.
Read more | Comments (0) | February 25 2010
Safety first for Lancashire farmers
HUNDREDS of local farmers attended a safety event at Myerscough College’s Lodge Farm in February.
Read more | Comments (0) | February 20 2010
New challenge for James at SAC
CONGRATULATIONS go to James Hadwin, Farm Events and Farmer Group facilitator at Myerscough College, who will be moving on to take up a consultancy post with SAC.
Read more | Comments (1) | January 19 2010
£1.1million supports rural businesses in Gt. Manchester
RURAL businesses and farmers in Greater Manchester are being urged to take advantage of a £1.1million fund managed by the NWDA.
Read more | Comments (0) | January 14 2010
"It is vital farmers plan ahead and invest for the future" - says NFU spokesman and uplands farmer Will Cockbain
Read more | Comments (0) | January 12 2010
Controlling Mastitis (Pt1) - Environmental Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment
A “HANDS-ON” event organised by Myerscough College, and the Clover Club, took a practical approach to the environmental causes of mastitis.
Read more | Comments (0) | January 08 2010
Farmers no longer forced to invest in extra slurry storage
NORTH West farmers who fall into what is known as a ‘purple area’ may no longer have to pay for expensive additional slurry and poultry manure storage thanks to NFU lobbying against Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs).
Read more | Comments (0) | December 14 2009