Initially we will analyse your production system and the associated pig flow. This helps us decide with you as a business partner whether all components, from building type, feed type through to pig type, are suited to what you want to achieve. At this stage we will review the health status and current pig health controls on your unit. This will help us both decide on future actions for either improving or maintaining the standards in place. Next we will review historical and current performance on the unit through any existing records and punch the relevant data into our unique FOCUS (Farm Output Coming Under Scrutiny) programme. This then provides both of us with the key performance factors needed to work on for improving those areas that make the real difference to unit performance. Once a full assessment of environment, housing and farm hygiene has been undertaken any clinical inspection or further investigation will be undertaken to identify the limiting factors. We should now have achieved a working blueprint that enable you and all your farm business partners to implement a structured plan for the future success of the unit.

In addition to the unit assessment mentioned above we also work with you on the following:

• Welfare assessment
• Food Safety assessment
• Management and Stockmanship training ( on-farm or in-house at Garth)
• One off or periodic consultancy visits in association with your current vet
• Competitive medicine pricing, supplied through our pharmacy, on receipt of a valid prescription from your vet - Laboratory services dedicated to pigs with lab results turned around quickly to provide an answer to the health problems on the unit