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Antimicrobial Focus Report
This time the team are joined by Kathryn Rowland, Senior Farm Services Manager, Kingshay Farming & Conservation Ltd.
Like usual we start with Kathryn's background, from a dairy farm in West Dorset, to where she is today with Kingshay before we move on to today's topic of the Antimicrobial Focus Report.
We take a look at different aspects and discuss the trends of the report, and look at how while the use of antimicrobials on farm is down, the overall health of the herds in the report has not suffered as a consequence.
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Educational Opportunities
The team discuss the different education options available to students, from Level 1 all the way to Level 6, depending on previous experience & qualifications, how teaching has changed in the last thirty years, to the support students can get when at the college.
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People Management
Kingshay's own Sarah Bolt joins in discussions surrounding the challenges we face today as an industry for recruiting, and then retaining staff, and sometimes how the most basic things can make a difference. Along the way we discuss little ideas and tips that can help you become an employer of choice.
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Feet & Mobility
Discussions include the UK Hoof Health Registry and the benefits of people sharing their data with the AHDB to improve genetic gain with regards to feet & mobility; The Healthy Feet Programme, and what this actually means for people of farm, what's involved and the benefits it can bring; Feet & mobility in general, the benefits regularly mobility scoring brings, should people feed biotin, and for how long, and how often should they be trimming?
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Season 3: Episode 7 - Silage Sampling
Ever wondered what happened to your silage sample once it reached the lab?
Andrew Jones & Sarah Bolt, are joined by Richard Tunnicliffe, Analytical Services Manager and Isabelle England, Technical Account Manager both from Trouw Nutrition.
In this episode, Andrew is excited to welcome Sarah Bolt from Kingshay to the ChewintheCud Podcast team!
After guest co-hosting, Sarah is now officially part of the team!
ChewintheCud - Using Data for Breeding
(with guest co-host Sarah Bolt, Kingshay)
ChewintheCud - Women In Dairy
(Interview with Kingshay's Sarah Bolt, co-founder of Women in Dairy)
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Season 2: Episode 03 - Sugars - Improving Rumen Health
(with guest co-host Sarah Bolt, Kingshay)
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Season 1: Episode 11 - Carbon Sequestration: It's not just trees!
Kingshay's Sarah Bolt was asked to join Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor on the ChewintheCud podcast.
Sarah spoke about carbon sequestration and shared with us how it's not just about the trees, but how it is impacted by your soil type, and how you treat that soil that can impact its ability to absorb carbon. She discusses how a scale has been developed to compare the ability of different soils to hold carbon against one another.
Sarah also shared her own journey into the industry, from a entirely non rural background, but already knowing at the age of four that she wanted to be involved in the dairy industry, before then completing her education and joining the commercial side of the farming industry to where she is now at Kingshay.
We also briefly discussed Sarah's involvement in Women in Dairying, being one of its original four founding members.