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Pregnancy rates have climbed from 28% to 35% since the Cope family improved transition cow accommodation.
Before buying the neighbouring Adderley Lodge Farm in November 2019, transition space was a pinch point at the Copes’ home farm, Bawhill Farm, near Market Drayton, where they milk 1,150 cows.
Husband-and-wife team Steve and Carolyn Cope, along with Steve’s parents, Rob and Geryl, previously operated a “just-in-time” calving system, with close-up-calving cows kept in 49 cubicles for 14 days, and moved to a calving pen at the point of calving. But cows weren’t in transition for long enough.
NORTHUMBERLAND National Park has joined forces with community organisation North East Wilds to help provide ‘at-home’ nature experiences for young people impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Access and reliance on nature and natural spaces has become more important than ever, with the national park seeing a rise in people accessing it last summer. However, some children in the region have difficulty accessing the outdoors for their wellbeing, which has only been further hindered by the isolation caused by coronavirus. In collaboration with the national park, North East Wilds has created 100 activity boxes for children across the region. The boxes are designed to help children use their imagination to connect with nature, with items including Northumberland meadow seeds, star bird feeders, a mobile curlew, a woodcut printmaking kit, grow your own basil set, a jigsaw and make your own Boggart kit.