BVSc MRCVS
John Bailey BVSc MRCVS qualified from Liverpool University in 1975. Heather Benbow BVetMed MRCVS qualified from the RVC in 1978. After a few years working in various practices around the country they established Ambivet Veterinary Group in 1980 and stayed in full time general practice until 2017. Following retirement in May of that year they bought Wakebridge Farm and began work to establish Wakebridge Manor Creamery. They are now full time farmers, remain on the veterinary surgeons register but are not in general practice.
Session – Starting Up a New Sheep Dairy and Creamery
This presentation will run through the hurdles to be overcome in setting up a dairy flock and creamery, the breeding, feeding and milking of the sheep, a look at disease and production statistics and an overview of farmhouse cheese production.