Yet another successful open day, for the farmers of Lancashire this time. This was once again part of the Livestock Northwest initiative aimed at assisting animal health and welfare.
Vaccar Ltd organised the event in conjunction with Myerscough College and James Hadwin from Myerscough was on hand to explain how the scheme works.
The venue this time was the world famous home of Mrs. Kirkham’s cheese at Goosnargh near Preston. The Kirkham’s have a Vaccar parlour and a recently fitted Vaccar Clusterflush system. They had the system fitted because it is imperative they maintain a very high standard of milk in order to produce consistently good quality cheese. The slightest variance can affect the cheese consistency dramatically.
About 65 people attended on what turned out to be one of the few fine days this summer. We are grateful to all the farmers that attended for sparing the time. I think they would agree that it was time well spent with eminent mastitis vet Roger Blowey giving everyone the benefit of his vast experience in the control of mastitis and the importance of automatic flushing.