REMEMBER: Our practice staff are here to help you, please feel free to contact us for advice and help in becoming a member of any of these farm led initiatives. This includes herd and health flock plans, protocols for medicine storage, handling and administration as well as an annual review of antibiotics usage.
Red Tractor
Being a member of the Red Tractor Scheme allows producers to maximise their market opportunities which can add value to their business, this means you can do business with more people, including those who only buy assured products.
Head to the Red Tractor website to find all the information you need about the Red Tractor Assurance Scheme, including a step by step guide through the application process.
BVDFree
BVDFree is a voluntary industry-led scheme, working to eliminate Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) from all cattle by 2022. The key to success is to identify and remove all animals persistently infected (PI) with the BVD virus from the English cattle herd.
The BVDFree website is designed to be an information portal on BVD, providing relevant technical documents to aid BVD control and elimination on your farm. The BVDFree Scheme will not advise a farm on specific BVD control plans. These will need to be discussed with your Farm Veterinary Surgeon.
MilkSure
MilkSure is a training and veterinary certification programme for dairy farmers. Whilst centred on residue avoidance in milk, it covers other areas of good medicine stewardship, such as adhering to correct treatment protocols, medicine storage, and reducing the risk of antibiotic resistance.
The initiative is led by Dairy UK and has been developed in conjunction with BCVA (the British Cattle Veterinary Association). Visit the MilkSure website for more information.
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
The AHDB website is a great tool for all types of farms to find resources for easy to use, practical know-how, which can be applied to your business model and enable you to make better decisions and help improve your farms profitability.
