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A brush with BVD in 1996 and the fall out from BSE (we luckily had no animals succumb to this) left us in no doubt that the risk of continually introducing bulls and females of an unknown health status onto the farm was unacceptable. Our membership number of Hi-Health (the largest and most commercially focused of the cattle health schemes) is 000001.

This should indicate to any prospective buyer just how committed to this ideal we are. The commercial herd is closed and any pure female or bull bought in is isolated and blood tested. In three generations we have thankfully not seen a case of Johnne’s and hope this approach will maintain our good record. All embryo transfer work is done with IBR, BVD and Johnnes free cattle from our own herd.

We are accredited free of BVD and Johnnes