Scarah Bank Farm
NWF are here to
help your herd
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Getting nutrition right
for your herd
Supplying diets that
perform from compounds
to blends to straights
Seeing what your cows
are telling you through
Cow Signals
Robots, what you should
consider before investing
Improving forage quality by
understanding your soils
Interpreting results for forage
and mineral analysis
Production sites
across the UK
Longtown
Brayton
Bilsborrow
Wardle
Call us on 0800 756 2787
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Wixland
www.nwfagriculture.co.uk
they didn’t know any different
but the cows weren’t bothered
either. The herd is now
averaging 3.1 milkings a day. We
sell bull calves on to two private
buyers.
‘The cows are on slatted
floors so the slurry all goes
underneath. They are on a mix
of mattresses and lime and
sawdust bedding. The foot
trimmer comes every six weeks.
Genus keeps an eye on all
our fertility and handles our AI
work. They score the cows and
we pick the appropriate bulls
to suit. We go for a good udder
and a nice medium size fairly
thickset cow as we don’t like
big bony types.’
Better conditions for the
cows was the priority five years
ago and although Andrew had
moments before embarking
on the £750,000 investment
and has had a tough past two
years, he doesn’t regret his and
Alison’s combined decision to
Conveyor
invest and carry on in dairying.
‘Dairy farming is all I have
ever known. I considered
whether we stayed in or got out
as the old dairy unit had seen
better days and investment
was needed. If we had quit I
would have had to go and work
for somebody. I remember
someone saying to me if dad
had moved out of farming years
ago where would we all have
been today. It’s a thought that
has stuck with me and I can see
Spinners
NEW
SAND
HYBRID
• Sand / green bedding / chopped straw.
• New conveyor design (12 foot spread).
• Only 25 litres oil flow required.
• Reliable triple sealed bearing.
• Durable T section flights.
AG
3-Point
Linkage
New Bucket Design
NO Bridging with WET Sand
NO Stalling with WET Sand
Designed especially
for all types of
SAND
DEMONSTRATIONS AVAILABLE
www.ag-products.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1565 722922
Garnett Farms Engineering Limited
78 Spring 2017 www.farmers-mart.co.uk
• 8 Foot even spread pattern
• Interchangeable modules
• Faster sand Drying times
• Fewer wearing parts
New AG
2-Point
Linkage