By Dr Clive Dalton Training? Who needs training? There have always been far too many farms where new staff arrived and it was assumed that they knew what to do – because they said they did at the interview. It’s often not till after a costly disaster that you find out they really didn’t! There … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton The old badge of office of staff from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. It featured the ‘a’ for agriculture and the fish was hidden inside the ‘a’. It was well recognised in the field and was developed at very little cost within house. MAF staff involved over last 50 years … Read more
Cattle, farming, husbandry, making plans for calving, avoiding stress on family, staff & stock, checklist, feeding, health, farm dairy By Dr Clive Dalton The main aimTo get through calving with minimal stock losses and minimal stress on family, staff and stock.Good signs in the staff & herd Bad signs in the staff & herd Really … Read more