Red Rose Dairy Discussion Group

Red Rose Dairy Discussion Group An established, free to attend forum, focused on knowledge sharing between Lancashire farmers, local industry leaders and national specialists.

Originally established by Oakhill Farm Vets and developed in collaboration with dedicated sponsors - AHDB, Carrs Billington, Lely and Massey Feeds - the group has grown into a thriving community for those passionate about the future of UK dairy farming. Founded by Oakhill Farm Vets, our aim is to improve animal health and productivity.

๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ„ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ? ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ„For those attending our evening farm walk, please head to Birks Farm, FY84NL. Foll...
29/05/2026

๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ„ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ? ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ„
For those attending our evening farm walk, please head to Birks Farm, FY84NL.
Follow the Red Rose signs for directions to the parking area.
๐Ÿ„ 6.30pm start ๐Ÿ„

Looking forward to seeing you! Guaranteed to be a great evening!

โ€ผ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐žโ€ผCall us on 01772861300 to be added to ...
20/05/2026

โ€ผ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐žโ€ผ
Call us on 01772861300 to be added to the waiting list ๐Ÿ„

โ€ผ๏ธ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐žโ€ผ๏ธ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿ„ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฒ ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ง ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿšœ๐ŸŒž๐‘ฑ๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’‚...
15/05/2026

โ€ผ๏ธ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐žโ€ผ๏ธ
๐ŸŒž๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿ„ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฒ ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ง ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿšœ๐ŸŒž
๐‘ฑ๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐‘น๐‘ซ๐‘ซ๐‘ฎ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’!
Known to many - 877k to be precise - Tom and his dad Andrew give us a behind the scenes tour of their โ€˜farm lifeโ€™, balancing a growing herd of 170 milkers (rearing all followers) and share-farming an additional beef enterprise with diversification projects like milk vending machines, a thriving farm shop and a hugely successful social media platform!
Calf health focused vet-led workshops and a hog roast and beer for extra cheer!
Sign up here - https://www.redrosedairydiscussiongroup.co.uk/

Massey Feeds Carr's Billington AHDB Dairy

๐ŸŒž๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿ„ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฒ ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ง ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿšœ๐ŸŒž๐‘ฑ๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐‘น๐‘ซ๐‘ซ๐‘ฎ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’! Known to many - 877k to be precis...
06/05/2026

๐ŸŒž๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿ„ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฒ ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ง ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿšœ๐ŸŒž
๐‘ฑ๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐‘น๐‘ซ๐‘ซ๐‘ฎ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’!
Known to many - 877k to be precise - Tom and his dad Andrew give us a behind the scenes tour of their โ€˜farm lifeโ€™, balancing a growing herd of 170 milkers (rearing all followers) and share-farming an additional beef enterprise with diversification projects like milk vending machines, a thriving farm shop and a hugely successful social media platform!

Calf health focused vet-led workshops and a hog roast and beer for extra cheer!
Sign up here - https://www.redrosedairydiscussiongroup.co.uk/

Oakhill Farm Vets Massey Feeds AHDB Dairy Carr's Billington Lely Center Longtown - North England

30/03/2026

Last month our annual coach trip headed to York to visit 2 impressive farms.
A great day was had by all! We are very grateful to our hosts for opening and taking the time to show us around ๐Ÿ„

Our next RRDDG event is on Wednesday 3rd June at Pembertonโ€™s Farm ๐Ÿ„

๐ŸŒŸ 2 last minute places available - call 01772861300 ๐ŸŒŸ
24/02/2026

๐ŸŒŸ 2 last minute places available - call 01772861300 ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ„ ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ! ๐Ÿ„
A few reminders for those joining us:
๐Ÿ‘‰Meet at Oakhill Goosnargh at 8am for bacon butties
๐Ÿ‘‰ If you're joining us at Samlesbury Hotel we will be there for 8.45am
๐Ÿ‘‰ Please bring clean wellies in a clean bag

See you tomorrow!

๐Ÿ„ ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ! ๐Ÿ„ A few reminders for those joining us: ๐Ÿ‘‰Meet at Oakhill Goosnargh ...
24/02/2026

๐Ÿ„ ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ! ๐Ÿ„
A few reminders for those joining us:
๐Ÿ‘‰Meet at Oakhill Goosnargh at 8am for bacon butties
๐Ÿ‘‰ If you're joining us at Samlesbury Hotel we will be there for 8.45am
๐Ÿ‘‰ Please bring clean wellies in a clean bag

See you tomorrow!

Thank you for joining us! Check out Agriminds
13/11/2025

Thank you for joining us!
Check out Agriminds

๐Ÿ„ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค? ๐Ÿ„There's still chance to book your place and join us for our business day on Tuesday. Ca...
05/11/2025

๐Ÿ„ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค? ๐Ÿ„
There's still chance to book your place and join us for our business day on Tuesday.
Call 01772861300 to make sure your lunch is booked!

AHDB Dairy
Oakhill Farm Vets
Massey Feeds
Carr's Billington
Lely Center Longtown - North England

๐Ÿ„ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ - ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ„Joining us for the afternoon session on our business days is Philip Metcalf...
30/10/2025

๐Ÿ„ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ - ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ„
Joining us for the afternoon session on our business days is Philip Metcalfe from the award-winning Metcalfe Farms.
๐Ÿ„ Washfold Farm is home to a 1300-strong dairy herd using the latest advances in machinery and technology to drive production with exceptionally high welfare in an environmentally friendly approach.
๐Ÿ† Investment, dedication and hard work in animal welfare has lead to recent success at the Cream Awards winning the Youngstock Health and Welfare Award
โฐ The farm and business diversifications have rapidly expanded since we previously visited on our coach trip a few years ago! It will be great to have an update!

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž

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