Pub food waste collection is rarely busier than in summer, when beer gardens fill, kitchens serve all day, and a string of warm weekends and events pushes covers far above the winter baseline. Across the North West, from town-centre pubs in Preston and Wigan to country inns and gastropubs serving the tourist trade, the warm-weather […]
Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle and Why Summer Losses Need Fast Fallen Stock Collection
Heat stress in dairy cattle is one of the most underestimated seasonal risks on North West farms, and it can turn a routine summer week into a sudden welfare and compliance problem. High-yielding cows generate enormous metabolic heat, and once humidity climbs across the Lancashire plain and the Cheshire dairy belt, even a few days […]
Summer Grazing Livestock Losses and the Need for Same-Day Fallen Stock Collection
Summer grazing livestock losses often arrive with no warning at all. A herd that looked perfectly healthy at the morning check can produce a dead animal by afternoon, struck down by bloat on lush clover, grass staggers on fast-growing leys, or nitrate poisoning after a flush of growth following rain. For cattle and sheep keepers […]
Drought and Livestock Losses and How to Stay Compliant Through a Dry Summer
Drought and livestock losses are becoming a more familiar combination as hotter, drier summers stretch grazing and water supplies across the North West. While the region is rarely the driest part of the country, prolonged dry spells now bite even in Lancashire and Cheshire, parching pasture, lowering troughs and putting real pressure on stock at […]
Horse Health Emergencies in Summer and Compliant Equine Fallen Stock Collection
Horse health emergencies in summer place a particular strain on equine keepers, because the season that brings the best riding weather also brings two of the most dangerous conditions a horse can face. Rich summer grazing fuels laminitis, while heat, dehydration and sudden feed changes raise the risk of colic, and both can become fatal […]
Summer Farm Biosecurity and the Role of Prompt ABP and Fallen Stock Collection
Summer farm biosecurity is under more pressure than at any other time of year, because the warm months bring exactly the conditions that move disease around. Livestock are out grazing and mixing, animals travel to shows, sales and summer grazing lets, contractors and visitors come and go, and flies and vermin thrive in the heat. […]
Flystrike in Sheep and Managing Summer Fallen Stock the Compliant Way
Flystrike in sheep is the disease every shepherd dreads through the warm months, and across the upland and lowland flocks of the North West it accounts for a real share of preventable summer losses. Greenbottle flies lay eggs in damp, soiled or wounded fleece, maggots hatch within hours in warm weather, and an animal can […]
Bank Holiday Waste and ABP Collection and How to Plan Around the Summer Breaks
Bank holiday waste and ABP collection is something most farms and food businesses only think about when it catches them out, yet the British summer is punctuated by long weekends that disrupt routines just when warm weather is at its most demanding. The late May and August bank holidays, along with staff annual leave, can […]
Seaside Cafe Food Waste Collection and the North West Summer Surge
Seaside cafe food waste collection becomes a serious operational issue every summer as the North West coast fills with visitors and the kitchens behind the promenade go from quiet to flat out. From the cafes and kiosks of Southport and Formby to the seafront trade of Crosby and the wider Sefton coast, warm weather brings […]
Holiday Park Food Waste Collection for Caravan Sites and Glamping Parks
Holiday park food waste collection is one of the quiet logistical challenges of a North West summer, as caravan parks, camping sites and glamping operations fill up and their on-site cafes, clubhouses and restaurants generate far more waste than they do in the off-season. From the Lancashire coast to the fringes of the Lake District, […]