Dairy farm investment is good moos all round

摘要

A ￡1 m investment in a dairy farm is set to benefit dairy farmers, technicians, school children and scholars in the north west of England. Wood Park dairy farm - at the University of Liverpool's Leahurst veterinary campus on the Wirral - has been rebuilt to house 200 cows. The farm was officially opened by Dr Bob Moore, president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, on Thursday 24 April. Dr Rob Smith, head of the faculty's livestock, health and welfare division, said: "The farm has been designed to provide the best in animal care and welfare, as well as provide user-friendly facilities for student study purposes. The new cattle shed, for example, has a viewing gallery so that students are able to observe and monitor cow behaviour as part of our teaching on reproduction." As well as providing hands-on experience for university students and school children, the farm will serve as a facility for the region's farming industry. The farm includes a meeting room which is available for farmers' groups, industry bodies and training courses for milking parlour maintenance technicians and agriculture merchants.