GB Calf Week

To celebrate the progress that has been made by the industry since the launch of the GB Dairy Calf Strategy in 2020, our Great British Calf Weeks in 2022 and 2023 offered a series of exciting events on a range of topics. You can listen to or read about all of these below.

• Latest developments following an on-farm session at a TB isolation unit on 7 September 2023
• Reducing risks associated with being shutdown by TB with farmer David Mallett
• Calf Rearing and TB – reducing risk and minimising impact with The TB Advisory Service and Kingshay

• Dairy calf health and management with AHDB Strategic Dairy Farm host, Gareth Owen
• Developing the rumen for optimum calf health
• Launch of SRUC's video 'Wisconsin (WI) scoring system for calves'
• Healthy calves and healthy profit with Dr Robert Hyde and dairy farmers Anna and John Booth of Rhual Dairy 
• Colostrum Is Gold

• Practical calf housing and management with Dr Robert Hyde of the University of Nottingham 
• Opportunities and challenges in calf housing and management for the next decade with Prof Nina Von Keyserlingk, University of British Columbia, Canada 
• Youngstock housing

• Latest on dairy-bred calf research with SRUC 
• Developing calf rearing for the future with Buitelaar
• The hows and whys of Breeding, Management and Planning - the context of Red Tractor Standards
• Culmination of the 2022 GB Calf Week
• Calf marketing and rearing options directory – NFUonline
• Calf Signals with NWF Agriculture NWF Agriculture

• Achieving profit from low grading potential calves with farmers Graham Parkes
• Dairy-beef genetics: maximising the value of your beef calves with AHDB
• Beef genetics that add value to the whole supply chain with Genus ABS
• Adding value from the straw forward with LIC
• Understanding genetic tools to maximise calf value with AHDB 

• Calf feeding and weaning – making the most of your dairy-beef genetics with Calf Action Network, Cargill, Trouw Nutrition, Volac and Harper Adams
• Sustainable and efficient calf rearing for your farm with Volac

• Biosecurity on calf units – protecting your calves and minimising disease with Westpoint Farm Vets