Hayley Chapman
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- Sep 18, 2026
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FW Awards: Meet the 2026 Pig Farmer of the Year finalists - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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This year’s finalists run very different systems, but all focus on high-welfare, sustainable businesses to optimise productivity. See also: FW Awards: Meet the 2026 Mixed Farmer of the Year finalists Resilience and bravery have been key to Fred Allen’s successful transformation of the pig unit at Allen Farms in Coddington, Nottinghamshire. He previously ran 550 sows, farrowing outside, but made the decision in 2018 that it was no longer working. “We were struggling with staffing, vermin, predato
10-step checklist to prevent and control heifer mastitis - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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Heifers with an elevated somatic cell count in early lactation might remain in trouble for their whole lactation. Data suggests they may average about 1kg/day less milk over the lactation, according to Prof Sarne De Vliegher from Ghent University in Belgium. This means a herd with a heifer mastitis problem needs investigating using a programme of milk culturing, and heifer management needs optimising, he says. See also: How a spring-block herd tackled heifer mastitis As well as milk yield, heife
3 milking settings to check that help lower mastitis risk - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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Herds with excellent control of environmental hygiene can nevertheless struggle with environmental bacteria infecting cows during lactation. In such cases, a milking time assessment may provide some answers. While parlour hygiene and good teat preparation remain key to controlling environmental pathogens, some settings in the milking equipment can also be linked to mastitis infections. See also: Advice on carrying out a dynamic dairy parlour test Norman Beggs of Udder Health Solutions emphasises
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