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Welcome to Hillington Park
• ICAR Conference 2017
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Agenda• Tony Craven- NMR Group Operations
Manager• Paul O’Brien –NMR Group Quality Manager• Ben Bartlett- Business Development Manager• Andy Carr- Sales Director Foss- Britain and
Ireland
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National Milk Records Group• National Milk Records ( DHI)
• National Milk Laboratories
• Independent Milk Laboratories ( J.V. Ireland)
• National Livestock Records ( Nordic Star tags)
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NMR plc Business• 6703 Shareholders
• 9,700 Dairy Farms GB ( 3,900 record with NMR)
• 487,500 recorded cows
• Herd size- 277 Scotland, 183 England & Wales
• 305 day yield 8430Kg ( 9440 Kg natural) 2016
• Fat 4.06%, Prot 3.31% 2106
• Services: A ( Assisted recording with milk recorder and /or sampler). B (DIY recording). C (alternating assisted recording and DIY). T (Factored where only one yield and or sample is taken at each recording). Non Authentic G4 and Essential Sampling (400 customers).
• Frequency : 3,4,6 and 8 weekly
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NMR Sites- Laboratories
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Hillington
HarrogateData ProcessingBailieborough
Four Ashes
Chippenham Head Office
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Transport Sites/ Hubs
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Hillington
Harrogate
Four Ashes
YeovilSwansea
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NMR sample box
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Farm to Collection Point
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NMR Van fleet- 19 vans 15 daily routes
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1.85 million miles ( 2.97m km) per year
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Collection of payment samples for milk buyers
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Collection of NMR Samples
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Sample Collections
- Red pins – NML & NMR
- Blue pins NMR only
- Most collections daily, some weekly and some monthly
- 7.30pm transfer from Yeovil to Four Ashes
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National Milk Laboratories• Majority of testing takes place overnight ( turnaround 1.9 days)
• NMR (DHI) sample testing- 20,000 per night
• GB Payment testing
• Spectral data- Energy Balance/ Fatty Acid profiles
• Disease testing- BVD, Johnes, IBR, Lepto, Neospora, Liver Fluke
• Pregnancy Testing
• Microbiology- mastitis I/D, Bacto Breakdown
• qPCR- Mastitis I/D and BVD
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Four Ashes Site 2012
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Four Ashes Laboratory
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Equipment
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15 Combifoss ( 500 per hour)6 Bactoscan ( 150/100 per hour)1 Combi 7, 2 on order
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Combi 7 Validation Testing
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Boxes and vials washed
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Preservative and capping
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NML Hillington• Roughly one tenth the sample numbers of the
Four Ashes Laboratory• Presence in Scotland• Contingency• Payment, Milk Recording, Disease and
Microbiology testing• 3 Combifoss• 2 Bactoscan• GB Ear Tag BVD testing- up to 22,000/ month
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Acknowledgements• Alex Warriner AHDB• ICAR• Speakers• Alan MacKinnon and Derek Connolly NML
Hillington Managers• Thank you for coming to see our Hillington
Laboratory
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