Tarvin fallen stock collection is a service the farms around this part of Cheshire depend on, sitting as the village does in the heart of the Cheshire Plain where dairy, beef and sheep enterprises are dense on the ground. Martlands is a family-run, DEFRA approved business based in Burscough, Lancashire, and our fallen stock and ABP collection service reaches right across the Chester hinterland, from Tarvin itself out to Kelsall, Tarporley and the surrounding villages. When a beast goes down in the night or an animal has to be put to sleep on welfare grounds, what you need is a licensed collector who answers the phone, turns up quickly and leaves you fully compliant.
Reliable fallen stock collection for Tarvin farms
The land around Tarvin is some of the most productive dairy country in the North West, with herds grazing the flat, fertile ground between Chester and the mid-Cheshire towns and beef and sheep run on the higher land towards the Sandstone Ridge. Where there is livestock at that density there are inevitably losses, and every one of them brings a legal obligation. A fallen animal is not ordinary farm waste; it is a Category 1 or Category 2 animal by-product that has to be dealt with through a licensed route, and getting that wrong exposes a farm to penalties and to the kind of disease risk no Cheshire dairy unit can afford.
The duty of care on Tarvin livestock keepers
Farmers in Tarvin are personally responsible for the correct disposal of their own fallen stock. On-farm burial and burning have been banned in the United Kingdom since 2003, and the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 require fallen stock to be collected, identified and transported without undue delay, which in working terms means removal within twenty-four hours of the animal being found. That single rule is the reason a reliable collection arrangement matters so much. A carcass left in a yard or a field while you ring round for someone to take it is a compliance failure and a biosecurity hazard at the same time, and on a dairy unit with stock moving through gates and tracks all day it is a risk that needs closing down fast.
Same-day response across the Cheshire Plain
Tarvin is well placed for a quick collection. The village sits on the A51 between Chester and Nantwich, with the A54 and the wider A55, M53 and M56 network close by, and our fleet works this corridor of Cheshire regularly. That means we can usually reach farms in and around Tarvin the same day they call, which is exactly what the twenty-four hour rule and the realities of hot-weather decomposition demand. Each job is booked and tracked on the KoLeCt system, so the collection is logged accurately from the first call through to disposal, and nothing depends on memory or a scribbled note.
DEFRA approved BSE sampling for older cattle
Cheshire dairy and beef herds carry plenty of older cattle, and where a fallen animal is over forty-eight months of age the law requires a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy sample to be taken as part of national BSE surveillance before the carcass is processed. Martlands is a DEFRA approved sampling centre, so the brain stem sample is taken under approved conditions as a normal part of our collection. For a Tarvin farmer that means the collection and the TSE sampling are handled together by one licensed operator, with no need to arrange a separate sampling site and no risk of the surveillance step being missed.
Documentation that stands up to an audit
Every collection comes with a Commercial Document and, where appropriate, a Waste Transfer Note. For a Red Tractor assured dairy or beef farm this paperwork is not optional; it is the audit trail that proves each fallen animal left the holding by a licensed route, and it is the first thing an assessor or an Animal and Plant Health Agency officer will ask to see. Keeping that documentation in order is far easier when it arrives correctly completed with every collection. Martlands is a member of the National Fallen Stock Company, and our Waste Carrier, Site and Animal By-Products licences are all current and available on request, giving you a disposal chain that withstands inspection from end to end. Good record keeping like this is the backbone of staying compliant year-round.
Fallen stock collection across Tarvin and the wider county
Tarvin is one of many Cheshire communities we serve, and the same DEFRA approved service covers the towns and villages around it. We operate dedicated local pages for nearby areas including Chester fallen stock collection, Kelsall fallen stock collection, Hartford fallen stock collection and Elton fallen stock collection. For a county-wide overview, our Cheshire fallen stock collection service page brings it all together, and our farm and fallen stock collection service explains exactly how a collection works from the moment you call.
Book a Tarvin collection today
When you lose an animal the priority is to get it removed quickly, legally and with the right paperwork, and that is what a licensed collector is for. If you want to understand the legal background, our guidance on fallen stock and the law and our guide to fallen stock record keeping are both worth reading. To arrange a collection in or around Tarvin, call Martlands on 01704 776977 or visit our contact us page for a fast response and a tailored quote.
