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Grant Funding Received 2017
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Name of Project: Wood Farm Dairy Modernisation
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In 2017, we invested heavily in our milking parlour and cattle handling facilities. The aim of this was to:
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Increase the size of the herd
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Improve animal welfare
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Improve the efficiency of energy use
This investment was made possible thanks to a significant grant given my the North Wessex Downs LEADER group. This group received the funding through the “European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas”.
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The grant funding covered the following projects:
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A cluster flush system designed to sterilise the milking clusters between cows thus reducing the risk of mastitis.
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An auto shedding gate which enables selected cattle to be automatically segregated which reduces stress for both the animal and the human operator.
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Variable speed drives on the milking vacuum pumps which have reduced the energy use of the vacuum pumps by 40%.
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