Poultry heat stress mortality is one of the sharpest summer risks in livestock farming, because birds are highly sensitive to heat and a single hot day, or a ventilation or power failure during one, can cause significant losses in a very short time. On the broiler and laying units of Lancashire, Cheshire and the wider […]
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 […]
Pig Farm Fallen Stock – Regulations, Challenges and Best Practice
Pig farming presents a specific set of fallen stock management challenges that reflect the nature of pig production systems, the health pressures faced by indoor pig units in particular, and the detailed regulatory framework that applies to the disposal of pig carcasses. Martland’s Fallen Stock Collection Service works with pig farmers across the UK to […]
Commercial Documents Explained – The Paperwork Every ABP and Fallen Stock Collection Must Produce
For every animal by-product and fallen stock collection, a piece of paper travels with the load, and that Commercial Document is the legal backbone of the whole system. Martlands provides a Commercial Document with every collection across our fallen stock and ABP collection service, working from our family-run, DEFRA approved base in Burscough, Lancashire. Understanding […]
Goat and Smallholder Fallen Stock Collection – Compliant Disposal for Small Flocks and Herds
Smallholders and goat keepers are subject to exactly the same fallen stock law as large commercial farms, and many are surprised to learn that the duty applies even to a single animal kept on a paddock. Martlands offers licensed smallholder and goat fallen stock collection as part of our fallen stock and ABP collection service, […]