Animal Welfare

 

The cattle are kept to the highest welfare standards; comfortable, healthy cattle lead to top quality consistent meat. Some of the key features we go through to ensure these standards are met include  -

 

• Precise feeding.
• Only using straw bedding.
• Topping it up every other day and cleaning out monthly.
• Grouping cattle into even batches where they stay until sold.
• Designing sheds around the cattle to ensure maximum ventilation and light.

• Walking through the cattle twice a day.

• Hospital pens, so any unwell animals can be isolated.
• Custom designed handing system and loading area.
• Stringent animal health plan.
• High biology security.

 

The farm practices are also in-line with DEFRA's five freedoms-

 

• Freedom from hunger and thirst.
• Freedom from discomfort.
• Freedom from pain, injury or disease.
• Freedom to express normal behaviour.
• Freedom from fear and distress.