DIY AI Course
AHDB Beef & Lamb is providing 50 per cent funding towards DIY artificial insemination (AI) courses for suckler producers with over 30 breeding females.
Following successful uptake in 2017, funding has been extended until March 2020, with a further 250 course places available.
XL Vets Training Services and Westpoint Farm Vets will be delivering the courses on a regional basis across the country. To book onto a course, please contact your nearest provider. Full contact details and regional coverage, including upcoming course availability, can be found below.
Funding from AHDB Beef & Lamb is dependent on the delegate completing and passing the course. Failure to pass the course will result in the delegate paying the full cost.
The funding will also be available to final year Agriculture students who can successfully demonstrate how they will use the skills gained on the course in their future career.
Any students applying for funding should complete an application form and return it to ku.gr1550329705o.bdh1550329705a@tte1550329705cwaf.1550329705yma1550329705
The personal information we collect on this form will be used to assess your suitability for the AI course. The personal data of a successful student applicant will be used to enable AHDB and its training providers, XL Vets and Westpoint, to administer your AI training. The personal data of any unsuccessful applicant will be deleted within three months. AHDB will retain the personal data of successful applicants for up to six years as a record of your course attendance and to contact you for feedback. For further details on how we use and look after your personal information please read our Privacy Notice at ahdb.org.uk/PrivacyNotice
Why use AI?
• Improve the genetics of your herd
• Use bulls with proven performance
• Tailor the breeding of your herd by selecting for maternal or terminal traits
• Speed up genetic progress of your breeding females with sexed semen
• Reduce the need to keep as many bulls on farm
James Shouler, a suckler producer from Oxfordshire, attended a course in 2017. In this short video he talks about the benefits of being able to perform AI on his herd.
In March 2017, we ran a webinar on the benefits of using AI in the suckler herd. You can watch again below.
Location and contact details
| North East
XL Vets |
| North West
XL and Westpoint Farm Vets |
| East Midlands
Westpoint Farm Vets |
| West Midlands
XL Vets |
| South East and East Anglia
Westpoint Farm Vets |
| South West
XL Vets and Westpoint Farm Vets |
Westpoint Farm Vets
Tel: 07889 806 597
XL Vets Training Service
Tel: 01228 711788
Email: ku.oc1550329705.stev1550329705lx@gn1550329705iniar1550329705t1550329705
Upcoming courses
XL Vets
- 25-27 February – Bishopton Vets, North Yorkshire
- 5 -7 March, Capontree Vets, Cumbria
- 18 -20 March, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire
- 19-21 March, Synergy Farm Health, Dorset
- 27- 29 March, Torch Farm & Equine, Devon
- 1-3 April, Shepton Vets, Somerset
- 1 – 3 April, Torch Farm Vets, Devon
- 8-10 April, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire
- 13-15 May, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire
- 10-12 June, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire
- 17-19 July, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire
- 22-24 July, Shepton Vets, Somerset
- 14-16 August, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire,
- 25-27 September, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire
- 28-30 October, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire
- 20-22 November, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire
- 16-18 December, Bishopton Veterinary Group, North Yorkshire
If you are interested in joining one of these courses, please call XL Vets Training Service.
Tel: 01228 711788
Email: ku.oc1550329705.stev1550329705lx@gn1550329705iniar1550329705t1550329705
Westpoint Vets & Embyronics
- 4 – 6 February 2019– TBC, Cumbria
- 11 – 13 February 2019– Northwich, Cheshire
If you are interested in joining this course, please call Westpoint Vets.
Tel: 07889 806 597