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X LVETS NEWS
The Cream Awards ceremony took place on the 5th September at the National Motorcycle
Museum, Birmingham. The awards saw 450 guests including UK dairy producers, vets,
feed merchants, food processors and retailers, gather together to
celebrate excellence
and innovation throughout the UK dairy industry.
The Cream Awards
Compere for the evening was BBC TV's Adam
Henson, who read out the names of more than
30 winning and commended businesses and
people. The Awards also featured guest
speaker, Dr Gordie Jones, Managing Partner
at the Central Sands Dairy in Wisconsin.
Dr Jones gave an informative and inspirational
account of the benefits of large scale dairy
farming, both for the farmer and the cow,
with particular emphasis on cow health.
Awards were presented across a wide range
of specialist categories to recognise continued
contribution and commitment to the sector. The
categories included Dairy Ambassador of the
Year, High Fertility Awards, Health and
Welfare Award, Dairy Vet of the year and
SQP of the Year.
It was fantastic to see several
XLVets member practices and farm
clients of XLVets member practices
winning awards on the night,
congratulations to everyone:
Colin Lindsay
, Capontree Veterinary
Centre, on being awarded
Dairy Vet
of the Year
Dan Stevenson
, Lambert Leonard
and May was shortlisted
Dairy Vet of
the Year
Y Farming partnership, client of
Shepton Veterinary Group on being
awarded the
High Fertility Award
Neil Baker
, (Bakers of Haselbury
Pluckett), client of Synergy Farm
Health Ltd.
Highly commended
Health and Welfare award
Neil Baker
, (Bakers of Haselbury
Pluckett), client of Synergy Farm
Health Ltd.
Commended Forage
Manager of the year
Mark Verity
, client of Lambert,
Leonard & May (Lancs.) who was
winner of the
Health and Welfare
Award