New Red Tractor Dairy Standards Announced

Published on: August 16, 2019

Changes to the Red Tractor dairy standards, which come into force from 1 October, have now been published by Red Tractor. Perhaps the most significant addition to the Herd Health Plan is the requirement for farms to demonstrate that they are managing Johne’s disease through the implementation of the National Johne’s Management Plan*. The appropriate […]

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New Thinking on Johne’s Disease – Webinar

Published on: June 18, 2019

Pete Orpin is delivering a webinar on behalf of AHDB on 26 June, 7 – 8pm Further details are below – please click here to book your place The control of Johne’s Disease (JD) is a real challenge, but one that can be tackled. The majority of dairy farms in Great Britain are now part […]

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The All-In-One Solution to NJMP and Health Planning Requirements

Published on: June 4, 2019

Myhealthyherd Health Planner Updated to Include NJMP Current proposals are for the National Johne’s Management Plan (NJMP) to form part of the annual health and performance review from 31 October 2019. This would mean that every farm undergoing a health and performance review, would need to have certified evidence that: an assessment of the Johne’s […]

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Benefits of the NJMP Module

Published on: June 3, 2019

Why You Should Upgrade Clients to Access the NJMP Module All Myhealthyherd.com member practices can access Disease Manager Plus as standard. This module includes a comprehensive Johne’s toolkit, including risk assessments, control plans and prevalence predictions. So why should you upgrade your access to use the NJMP module? Benefits of the NJMP Module over Disease […]

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Important Updates to the Health Planner

Published on: January 15, 2018

In October 2017, there was a major review of the Dairy Red Tractor standards. To avoid non-compliance with your health plan the key areas to focus on are: Ensuring a colostrum policy is in place for calves A credible review of farm records with due discussion of BVD and Johne’s control A recommendation that waste […]

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Pioneering bTB Trials Give Hope

Published on: November 10, 2017

Myhealthyherd director, Dick Sibley, is using the principles that MHH uses for the control of infectious disease such as Johnes and BVD to improve TB management on a large dairy farm in Devon. In the same way as the MHH system for Johnes control looks at all the risks of entry and risks of spread […]

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Major Revisions to Red Tractor Health Plans

Published on: November 9, 2017

New and Revised Standards In October 2017 there was a major review of the Dairy Red Tractor standards To avoid non-compliance with your health plan the key areas to focus on are: Ensuring a colostrum policy is in place for calves A credible review of farm records with due discussion of BVD and Johne’s control […]

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Important Updates to the NJMP

Published on: October 2, 2017

Dairy UK and the Action Johne’s Group (AJG) have finalised the strategy for the National Johne’s Management Plan( NJMP). The Myhealthyherd team of Pete Orpin and Dick Sibley have been members of AJG since its inception in 2010. Over the last 7 years there has been a Johne’s engagement program operating within the UK which […]

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Myhealthyherd at BCVA 2017

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As always, we will be attending BCVA’s annual Congress, which returns to Stockport this year, from 19 – 21 October. You can download the delegate brochure here, but we wanted to highlight the sessions that Pete Orpin and Dick Sibley are delivering at this year’s conference. The National Johne’s Management Plan – 4pm, Thursday 19 October […]

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