News archive
17 March 2008 - Farm Health planning Tips. Further information on Farmers Weekly website
30 January 2008 – Progress updates on the farm health planning cattle initiative projects were presented at the South West Dairy Show. Further information...
2 December - Paragon vet group work with Trevor and John Whitefield to improve the health of their Holstein herd in Carlisle. Further information available see the Jenny Mackenzie website.
29 November - North of England group herd health initiative meeting. Further information...
16 November 2007 - Uncovering problems with health planning leads to a boost in lamb numbers. Further information is available on the Farmers’ Guardian website.
31 October 2007 - Jeff Rooker presented the Farm Health Planning sponsored Sheep Farmer of the Year award at the Farmers Weekly Awards ceremony. Further information is available on the Farmers Weekly website.
26 October 2007 - The Farmers' Guardian have published an animal health supplement featuring case studies on farm health planning.
25 October 2007 - An agriculture student from Myerscough College wins first prize of £500 and £500 for the college in the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF)/FHP Student Essay Competition. Three cash prizes of £50 were presented to three runners up. The competition was open to students of agriculture colleges in England and entrants had to write a 1500 word essay which demonstrated their understanding of Farm Health Planning on dairy and beef units. The judging panel was from the FHP Cattle Group and included a vet and a farmer. The judges commented 'Each of the finalists showed a good understanding of the issues for consideration and were not short of ideas for improving the uptake of proactive Farm Health Planning. Further information...
24 October 2007 - Calf rearers in East Cornwall are always on the look out for signs of illness as experience has shown that treating off colour calves as soon as possible keeps drug usage down and recurrences of diseases like calf pneumonia can be prevented if treatment is effective in the first place. Calves that have problems feeding are carefully monitored as loss of appetite can be an indicator of health problems. Further information...
15 October 2007 - The British Pig Association is holding workshops for small scale pig producers which will focus on how farm health planning can help to keep pigs healthy and free from disease. Healthy pigs are happy pigs! If you are interested in attending one of these workshops or would like further information please visit the British Pig Association website.
Sponsoring the Sheep Farmer of the Year Award is all about encouraging sheep farmers who put planning into practice. There's only one award but the Farm Health Planning team congratulate all the finalists for their efforts and achievements. Jeff Rooker will present the award to the winner at the glittering Farmers Weekly Awards ceremony on 31 October at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. For further information including details of finalists please visit the Farmers Weekly Awards website.
9 October 2007 - The English Sheep Farm Health Planning initiative launches its latest publication 'Protect Your Flock and Your Profits' 
(434 KB - Link to the National Sheep Association website) which highlights the potential disease risks associated with bringing in new sheep and advises on approaches to take to reduce the risks and adopting isolation and quarantine principles that can be fitted onto most sheep farms.
28 September 2007 - Good biosecurity and record keeping have an important part to play in preventing the spread of disease on a Worcestershire game farm. Further information...
12 September 2007 - A Cheshire farm that advocates Farm Health Planning hosted a stakeholder meeting and farm walk. Further information
10 September 2007 - One Shropshire farmer is working closely with his vet on keeping herd health under control, improving herd fertility and nutrition management. Further information...
Similarly, in Warwickshire a beef farmer is working closely with his vet on calving patterns and keeping disease out. Further information...
7 September 2007 - High fertility rates, increased litter sizes and average numbers of piglets weaned, are just a few of the benefits of Farm Health Planning on pig farms in North Yorkshire and Suffolk. Further information...
A pilot project to develop a web based Pig Herd Health Plan (PHHP) is coming to an end having been trialled with 20 producers and 10 veterinary practices. A demo website is now available. Further details of how the PHHP will be rolled out nationally will be made available on this website in due course.
31 August 2007 - Working closely with the vet, recording performance and attention to detail help an East Cornwall calf rearer, who is taking part in one of the cattle initiative projects get the results he is striving for. Further information...
22 August 2007 - Pig producers from the South and South West of England have met in the first of a series of self help producer group meetings. Please follow the following links for more information: Somerset Group; Cornwall Group; Oxford Group.
17 August 2007 - Farm Health Planning has helped meet demands on an Exmoor sheep farm. Problems caused by orf have been kept under control by vaccinating lambs. Further information...
17 August 2007 - Farm Health Planning has substantially reduced the incidence of footrot and watery mouth on one sheep farm in the Chilterns. Further information...
6 August 2007 - The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers and the Farm Health Planning Initiative will jointly stage a major promotion at this year’s Dairy Event on 19 and 20 September at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Further information...
25 July 2007 - A Nematodirus problem added four weeks on the finishing time of lambs. Just one problem solved by adopting Farm Health Planning for one Northumberland farmer. Further information...
24 July 2007 - Herd health planning for a North Yorkshire dairy unit has been a very definite move forwards in improving herd performance, especially as cow numbers have increased. Further information...
17 July 2007 - The Yorkshire Dairy and Beef Farmers Health Planning Group. The meetings got off to a flying start. Further information...
20 June 2007 - The Farmers' Guardian have published an article on sheep health planning, following the launch of the sheep farm health planning initiative at North Sheep on 6 June.
15 June 2007 - Tom Foot of the South West Organic Beef Producers project which is allied to St Merryn Meats and TESCO had a stand at the Royal Cornwall Show on the 7, 8 & 9 June. Further information...
11 June 2007 - Ian Baker and Sarah McNamara from Hampden Farm Vets, Aylesbury Bucks attended the Edgcott and Winslow Young Farmers Club Country Fair at Home Farm, Middle Claydon Bucks on Saturday 2 June, just three days after the official launch of the cattle initiative. Further information...
30 May 2007 - Information regarding the Cattle initiative projects has been announced. A news release has been issued.
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