Content related to the topic: farm-excellence

18 December 2020

Selecting bulls for a better block

David Cotton and breeding expert Keith Gue outline their recent focus on improving fertility through closely managing herd genetics and bull selection

10 January 2025

Millands strategic farm launch

James and Wallace Hendrie share their story and ambitions for the future as they launch as our second strategic dairy farm in Scotland

15 January 2025

Penllech Bach launch

Matt Jackson talks us through how he became a shared farmer at Penllech Bach

27 October 2020

Webinar: Penllech Bach strategic farm launch

Matt Jackson talks about how he began his career in farming and built a shared farming partnership at Penllech Bach.

12 November 2024

Monitor Farm Mondays 2020 and 2021

A guide to all the webinars in our Monitor Farm Mondays series.

2 March 2021

EUPiG Lean Improvement | Pat O'Keeffe Piggeries Case study

Pat O'Keeffe Piggeries is a family-owned and managed piggery based in Ballylough, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. The farm has approximately 2,200 sows. To improve farm work efficiency, a Lean programme was developed as an introduction to Lean management.

2 September 2025

The Lean management philosophy

Lean management aims to optimise resources, maximise value and minimise waste. Find out about its origins and how Lean can be applied to agriculture and horticulture.

20 June 2023

Lean management for farmers and growers

Find out how you can use Lean principles to create more value and reduce waste.

21 August 2024

Blog: Let's strive to become bigger and better using Lean

Simon Watchorn, former AHDB Pork Board member shows admiration for Lean practices and shares his own experience of Lean, encouraging pig producers the importance of using a smarter approach in pig production, to remain competitive in the pork industry, nationally and globally.

9 April 2021

Future proofing farm infrastructure

Richard Tucker considers the options for replacing his loose housing with cubicles and a new slurry system.

5 October 2020

SmartPork | Cutting through the waste

Launching a new business-focused campaign, SmartPork, designed to implement Lean practices by encouraging business improvements and increasing cost savings.

6 October 2020

Farm Excellence focus for Beef & Lamb

AHDB Beef & Lamb celebrate Farm Excellence programme with month long campaign in October