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    Ruminants

    Dairy Unit


    The Harper Adams University dairy unit is split into six groups; highs, mids, lows, heifers, fresh and straw yard. The dairy unit is comprised of pedigree Holstein dairy cows, milked in a 40-point GEA internal rotary parlour.

    Find out more about our dairy unit capability, facilities, performance and research.

    Sheep Unit

    The Harper Adams sheep unit contains over 600 breeding pedigree Lleyn ewes, rearing around 1,000 lambs annually. It is mainly a grass-based outdoor system with most ewes housed indoors for the lambing season.

    Find out more about the sheep unit and what we do at the unit.

    Beef Unit

    The Harper Adams University beef unit is comprised of British-Blue cross steers and heifers from an all-year round calving Holstein-Friesian herd. The beef unit finishes these animals within 12 months on a TMR ration.

    Find out more about the beef unit and how it operates.

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