Dairy Courses

From foot trimming to fertility management, there's a course in our dairy module that will benefit your herd and your profits.

• Fertility (program lasts between 1-4 days) 
  • DIY A.I (DEFRA approved) and how to get cows in calf*
  • Improving herd Fertility*
  • Advanced fertility programs
  • Infectious diseases control
  • Management of the calving cow and newborn calf*
  • Calf rearing*
  • Heifer rearing
• Lameness
  • Cattle mobility and functional foot trimming*
  • Functional foot trimming (practical)*
  • Lameness theory*
  • Curative foot trimming (practical)*
  • Lameness prevention*
• Mastitis
  • Mastitis control*
  • Cell count and milk quality control
  • Milking technologies / Robotic milking
  • Milking routines and parlour hygiene*
• Nutrition
  • Forages and common feedstuffs
  • Grazing management - theory and practical
  • Cow signals
  • Feeding the dry cow
  • Feeding the fresh cow
  • Feeding the high yielding cow
  • Minerals Trace elements and supplements

NB Course marked with an * can be put together to lead to a LANTRA Awards Qualification in FarmSkills Dairy Management