For all the talk of the death of the family dairy farm some years ago there are still many that have survived.
Father and son Howard and Tom Pattison of Willow Tree Farm, Thrintoft near Northallerton never thought of anything other than the life they lead. “I never had any other ideas,” says Howard. “This was always a dairy farm. I remember milking in the old byre as a little boy and dad putting in a milking parlour some 45 years ago. “We had a mixed farm when I was younger. I remember lambing sheep here and we had poultry.
“I started genomic testing around five to six years ago specifically looking at traits and I select bull semen based on traits we need to improve on, that fit with our system. The main trait I looked for initially was mastitis resistance as we had quite a big issue with that. It has come right down now. One of the sessions we held at the farm was about mastitis control. “We’ve held four or five sessions since starting with AHDB and It’s opened up areas where we could improve, given us new ideas.
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