About this Event
Where: Manor Farm, Chearsley, Aylesbury HP18 0DL
When: Monday 8th July 1-5pm (followed by optional beers and chat!)
Host: Rose Dale
Learn about the crucial role of dung beetles in livestock health and parasite control amid ever-increasing wormer resistance with expert Claire Whittle.
Dung beetles and parasite management workshop with Claire Whittle
Kindly hosted by Rose Dale at Manor Farm, please join us to learn all about the crucial role of dung beetles in livestock health and parasite control amid ever-increasing wormer resistance.
Farm vet Claire Whittle will explain strategies you can use on your own farm for parasite control that will help to minimise chemical dependence. We will learn how working with nature can improve your livestock health and farm ecosystems including the role of dung beetles and their benefits to your farm. The workshop session will be followed by a short farm walk to see dung beetles in action.
About Claire Whittle
Claire has been a practising farm vet since 2014. She currently works with a range of progressive dairy, beef and sheep farms in Shropshire and Cheshire. She also sits on the steering group of the Nature Friendly Farming Network and is the veterinary lead for the Dung Beetles for Farmers team. Claire’s particular passion is regenerative farming methods and how they can benefit livestock health and welfare.
She currently delivers a range of training for farming groups across the country, including integrated parasite management and dung beetle safaris, as well as tailored consultancy advice for individual farm businesses within the regenerative sphere to identify how to work with nature and improve the health of livestock.
About Manor Farm
Manor Farm is a 90 hectare, formerly mixed farm. Now almost all down to pasture including flood meadows, herbal leys and wildflower rich meadows. They have a small herd of 25 longhorns and their followers who are finished on farm and the meat is sold direct with pedigree females going for breeding and conservation grazing.
The farm is organic and PFL certified. They also have PFL certified sheep, mainly Gotlands which are raised for their tasty meat and luxurious sheepskins.
Pasture and Profit in Protected Landscapes programe
This visit is part of the Pasture and Profit in Protected Landscapes programme, a new FiPL-funded project in the Cotswolds, Chilterns and North Wessex Downs. The project links farmers with other farmers to learn how to make more of their grazing, and how to reduce inputs to make livestock businesses more profitable.
More information on the programme and how to sign up:
- Specially selected informative farm walks with a variety of experts
- Farmer-led programme of events
- Mentoring scheme with one-to-one advice from a trained farmer and mentor
- Membership of Pasture For Life and access to its active community
- All at no cost to the participant (the programme is funded by the Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme across the three National Landscapes: Cotswolds, Chilterns, North Wessex Downs)
More about the programme of events or if you'd like to take part, contact us via email: [email protected] or phone: 07398 745238
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Manor Farm, Chearsley, HP18 0DL, Aylesbury, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
