Sarah Tomlinson is the Lead Veterinary Science Expert at AHDB and is also the Technical Director of the TB Advisory Service (TBAS). Throughout her long career in clinical farm practice she has been passionate about improving livestock health and productivity by reducing the risk and impact of endemic disease. More recently she has developed a…

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Ben Harman is a fourth generation farmer on a 247 ha mixed farm in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire. He currently owns the oldest herd of British Charolais in the UK ,which was started by his grandfather and progressed by his father. He also has a beef brand ‘ChagyuTM’, a blend of Charolais and Wagyu…

Over the years random farm visits have been carried out by a small team, led by Donald Gilder, who retired at the end of 2023. The purpose of these visits was to look at how well farms and their herd vets were adhering to the requirements laid down by their health scheme, which in turn should follow…

Charlotte has a degree in agriculture from Wye College and has worked in the farming industry for 27 years in a range of technical, project management, sale, marketing and administrative roles for organisations including Kingshay Farming Trust, NFU Mutual, Country Land & Business Association and Milk Development Council (now AHDB).  For nearly four years she…

Tim grew up on a Hampshire dairy farm. After attending Sparsholt College he milked cows for a year in Minnesota while doing a university course there as part of an exchange programme. He worked on stations, ranches, fruit and arable units across Australia before returning to the family farm, the bulk of which was sold…

Tim specialises in livestock consultancy expert witness work as well as his role as Executive Director of CHECS. In addition, he is treasurer of the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance, Policy Director of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers and sits on a number of government scientific steering committees and industry groups…

Keith has been a cattle vet practising in the central south and south-west of England since he qualified from the Bristol University Veterinary School in 1990. During this time, in addition to his clinical work involving all aspects of routine and emergency bovine medicine, surgery and health planning, he has studied for and gained diplomat…

Gareth is a farm animal vet in south west Scotland since graduating in 1998. He completed a Diploma in Bovine Reproduction in 2006 and has a special interest in cattle fertility and reproduction. Gareth works with a number of pedigree breed societies as part of their pre-sale inspection process and advising them on cattle health…

Darren is the geneticist for the Holstein UK group, which includes CIS and NBDC. The group provides milk recording, health testing, classification and registration services to UK dairy and beef farmers.