An introduction to suckler herd management, productivity and vetting

19th and 26th November 2025 

A 2 part online CPD workshop 

Synopsis 

• What is a suckler herd?
• What is their market?
• What does the supermarket/consumer want?
• How to measure performance?
• Nutrition
• The value of Body Condition Scoring
• Minerals - What and why
• How to assess status
• How to supplement
• Female fertility Nutrition
• Male fertility Nutrition
• Infectious diseases
• Difficult calvings
• Care of the calf
• Common calf problems
• Developing a health plan and setting targets 

About the Speaker 

Keith Cutler 

Keith qualified from Bristol in 1990 and has been in farm animal practice in the central south and south-west of England since then. His particular interests are in suckler herd health and productivity and in diagnostics, control and eradication (where appropriate) of single agent infectious diseases of cattle. Keith is currently chair of the CHeCS Technical Group and sits on the Welsh Governments bTB Technical Advisory Group. He is a previous winner of a Farmers Weekly Livestock Advisor of the Year award and a BCVA past-president.