Bull Health and Fertilty Handout
Published on 25 February 2010
This handout is designed to give you an overview of the important factors in optimising bull health and fertility; this should be used in conjunction with your existing herd health plan and with guidance from your vet.
(Produced by Lambert Leonard and May / The Clover Club for a Livestock Programme Demo Event on beef breeding held Feb 09)
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bull_health_and_fertilty_handout.pdf
Anaerobic Digestion - types of plants, costs and case studies
Published on 05 January 2010
THIS fact sheet comes from a presentation made at a Northwest Livestock Programme demonstration event organised by Myerscough College on alternative energy in Lancashire (November 2009). It covers the three types of anaerobic digestion plants (ie type of waste digested), costs and examples of farms that have built digesters.
(Published by permission of Thom Gornall of Greenplan Agricultural Technologies and Weltec BioPower).
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anaerobic_digestion_types_of_plants_costs_and_case_studies.pdf
Pesticide use on Livestock Farms - best practice
Published on 05 November 2009
THIS fact sheet from the Crop Protection Association offers best practice pesticide advice for livestock farmers - addressing storage and handling, managing soil and watercourses, disposal and field application.
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pesticide_use_on_livestock_farms.pdf
Improving Ewe Nutrition for Better Returns
Published on 25 October 2009
THIS booklet from Eblex explains the fundamental rules of sheep feeding and how management tools such as Body Condition Scoring (BCS) can help producers correctly match the level of feeding to the ewes’ needs.
Maximising weed control in grass and forage crops
Published on 25 October 2009
THIS PDF leaflet highlights the main reasons for concern over changes 
in pesticide availability and what can be done to prevent increased costs to farmers.
This leaflet has been produced by EBLEX and DairyCo.
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maximising_weed_control_in_grass_and_forage_crops.pdf
Liverfluke Control Guidelines
Published on 19 October 2009
THIS fact sheet, from Deliver (a project that has been successful in bringing together research workers and clinicians from across Europe to tackle fluke problems and provide solutions for farmers, vets and students) provides guidelines to help farmers and vets control the disease in sheep and cattle.
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liverfluke_control_guidelines
Cost effective slurry storage strategies
Published on 19 October 2009
THE aim of this DairyCo booklet is to allow you to calculate your current and future storage requirements, to highlight key issues for your farm and to allow you to assess different strategies.
Other guidance documents are available to download, or by post, from DairyCo's Farming Info Centre
Footbathing and lameness: Effective management for dairy cows
Published on 19 October 2009
THIS DairyCo booklet helps you take stock of lameness problems in your dairy herd by addressing awareness, treatment and what makes a good cost-effective footbathing system. It also covers new developments in footbath design and use (Published by DairyCo Nov 2008)
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footbathing_and_lameness_effective_management_for_dairy_cows_2.pdf
Energy Efficiency Supply Chain Directory 2009
Published on 19 October 2009
A LISTING of North West companies operating in the energy efficiency market provided by Envirolink Northwest. This directory provides details of over 200 organisations based in the region that offer a range of technologies, services and expertise to help end-users successfully reduce their energy use.
Effective use of water on dairy farms
Published on 19 October 2009
THIS DairyCo publication will help you evaluate how efficient the use of water is on your dairy farm. It provides you with information to make checks to your systems and suggests some ways you could save costs and maximise efficiency of water use.