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Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Dairy Housing - Cow Cubicles in Staffordshire
New unit installed in Staffordshire with 104 post mounted cow cubicles, our Pasture Mat mattresses complete with Premium Pad foam and Poly Pillow brisket barrier. Perfectly positioned cows and clean beds.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Jersey cows in cubicles
Perfectly positioned Jersey cows lying in sand beds. Here we installed our floor mounted C45 - Jersey cubicles.
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Sand Bedded unit in Devon
This is a recent conversion from straw yards to cow cubicles. These are out post mounted stalls with open fronts. The cows knees are positioned by a 6inch round wood rail set in the beds. These cows are positioned well.
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Floor Mounted cow cubicles
This is a recently installed unit in Shropshire - UK. These are head to head cow cubicles.
Monday, 19 October 2009
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
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Spring open day
We had a very successful open day at Ballygraffin House back in April.
The farm is run by Paul and Noelene Warnock and the event
was run by the Ulster Grassland Society.
Many thanks to all who attended!
Monday, 16 February 2009
Well done Jones family
Wilson Agriculture supplied all the housing equipment at this Jones family unit near Magor, South Wales. These very good cows are now starting to win national competitions [SEE BELOW]:
National Holstein Show 2009
Livestock Shows | 16 February, 2009
SOURCE: http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=31&storycode=24438&c=1
THE National Holstein Show has kicked off with champions already named in the calf and junior sections, and two wins for Sahara Holsteins.
The Newport, Wales-based herd, owned by the Princess of Bahrain and ran by the Jones family, had a tremendous day at the All-Breed All-Britain Calf Show yesterday (Sunday, February 15), taking all three top spots in the Holstein calf champion.
And today has started out equally as promising with two Sahara females winning early on.
Friday, 6 February 2009
BBC and comfortable cows:
SOURCE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7854745.stm
Happy cows produce more milk, according to researchers at Newcastle University.
Cattle that are named and treated with a "more personal touch" can increase milk yields by up to 500 pints a year.
The study, by the university's School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, involved 516 farmers across the UK.
Published in the journal Anthrozoos, the study found farmers who named their cows gained a higher yield than the 54% that did not give their cattle names.
Dairy farmer Dennis Gibb, who co-owns Eachwick Red House Farm outside Newcastle with his brother Richard, said he believed treating every cow as an individual was "vitally important".
'Own personality'
"They aren't just our livelihood, they're part of the family," he said.
"We love our cows here at Eachwick and every one of them has a name.
"Collectively we refer to them as 'our ladies' but we know every one of them and each one has her own personality."
Dr Catherine Douglas, who led the research, said: "What our study shows is what many good, caring farmers have long since believed.
"Our data suggests that, on the whole, UK dairy farmers regard their cows as intelligent beings capable of experiencing a range of emotions.
"Placing more importance on knowing the individual animals and calling them by name can, at no extra cost to the farmer, also significantly increase milk production."
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