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Paxton recently supplied a footbath to a heavily pregnant mare suffering with lameness. The FB1, usually sold to the agricultural sector for dairy cows or cattle was purchased by horse owner Sue Singleton, to enable her to clean her horses’ feet properly, as the mare in question was struggling to lift her feet with the additional weight. The FB1 was chosen as its large enough to soak all four feet at once and has a grippy surface. Read the original story by clicking here
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Cookie produced a beautiful chestnut colt foal on Friday 13th April, he has been named ‘Coral Reef’ (aka. ‘Reef’) after 2 champions in his bloodlines: his paternal Great Great Grandsire, Cor De La Bruyere and his maternal Great Great Grandsire, Mill Reef. Sue Singleton said “Cookie is a fabulous mother and I look forward to seeing her chase around after her colt, without her feet letting her down. I will continue using the FB1 footbath routinely to maintain Cookie’s foot hygiene and I intend to make it a part of Reef’s routine too”.
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Rainwater harvesting saves money and water. Leafield can now advise from experience as their own Rainwater harvesting scheme is fully functional and saving 3 tonnes of water a day.
During the accreditation process for BSI ISO 14001:2004, the decision was made to install a rainwater harvesting system for toilet flushing and machine cooling in their manufacturing plant. The roof area of the Leafield premises and expected annual rainfall for the South West made the Rainwater Harvesting project a feasible scheme.
The system comprises 3 x 10,000 litre CT2200 JA water tanks, a large filter to remove the debris and a pressure sensitive pump that starts as soon as a demand is felt.
Jon Finch, Engineering Manager at Leafield who is managing the scheme said “the collected rainwater supplies all the toilets within the building and also the machine cooling systems. Using harvested water for machine cooling has an added benefit to us in Corsham as it will reduce the amount of limescale build-up. Each working day we expect to save up to 3 cubic metres of mains water – equivalent to a mass of 3 tonnes”.
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Paxton products are being name-checked on the Mosslands Farm livery yard website!
The Paxton Automatic Stable Drinkers are one of the selling points of this equine yard. Go to the Paxton website to check out the Paxton stable drinkers.
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Paxton are proud to announce that they are now represented in South Wales through Carmarthen & Pumsaint Farmers Ltd. Carmarthen & Pumsaint Farmers are a well-known company in the region with seven stores who supply local farmers and customers interested in outdoor pursuits.
The complete Paxton range as seen on www.paxtonagri.com can be sourced through our newest dealer for your convenience.
For more details on Paxton Agricultural products, visit our website or any of our dealer locations across the UK.
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Paxton have launched a new online web shop. We have added thepopular AT25 drinking bowl in a variety of colours for now but watch this space as we add other Paxton products.
The online shop also has a few other products from our different ranges, have a look at the grit bins and salt boxes or the recycling bins.
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The Riding for Disabled Association (RDA) are set to receive £30,000 from the rural retailer Countrywide with the support of Paxton. The charity provides therapy and enjoyment to 28,000 people with disabilities in UK through horse riding and carriage driving.
Paxton Agricultural have made a worthy contribution by donating ten, WT120, Water Troughs which will be added to the ‘Farm Sale’ and auctioned off next month.
A Collection of Events this summer will all help to assist in raising the final amount for a well deserved cause.
Click here (www.countrywidefarmers.co.uk.) For more details of the Countrywide fundraising events.
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