Health

2 March 2021

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

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.

11 March 2025

A set of practical measures you can take to prevent and limit the spread of infectious diseases on your farm.

6 October 2020

A webinar looking at the role of copper in the nutrition of dairy heifers.

21 August 2024

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.

5 October 2020

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

1 October 2020

28 September 2020

25 March 2025

Find out how to identify, treat and prevent lameness in your flock.

13 October 2020

15 February 2024

John and Anna Booth from Rhual Dairy, joined by Dr Robert Hyde from the University of Nottingham, share their experience of improving calf health.

12 January 2021

By putting a Mastitis Control Plan in place, farmer Chris Mossman has seen cases of mastitis fall drastically in his herd at Nantybach Farm.