NJB Hoofcare Meet the Team
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Neil Barrett
Cattle Foot Trimmer
I am proud to be chairman of the National Association of Cattle Foot Trimmers, an organisation dedicated to raising and normalising standards of hoof care throughout the farming community.I am Category one trimmer, you achieve this by completing the Dutch diploma followed by bi-annual check days, although this is far from perfect it does encourage trimmers to meet up bi-annually.
NACFT Category one lising is a recognised qualification by milk buyers vets and other industry individuals.
In 2017, I left my position with the vets to set up NJBHoofare, we continued to provide a great service to our existing client base along with new clients.
My business model has never been to trim 100 cows a day but to provide a quality service to my farms-based quality not quanty, our farms vary in size from 80 cow herds to 1200 cows.
We have around 70 farms on our books. Most farms are on a monthly routine with a number of others on bi-weekly frequency.
My other passion is training to make sure all staff and farmers know how to treat lameness at the first instance. As I develop I would like to further my role in trimmer training.
More information can be found in the article that I wrote for American Hoof Trimmers Association. Click here to download a .pdf version.