December 7th, 2025

It was so wonderful to see so many of you come and support Julian to mark his retirement – read more . . .

November 7th, 2025

My name is Tom and I am the newest member of the Larkmead Team. I have a particular interest in small ruminants, having grown up helping on my grandparent’s sheep farm – read more . . .

October 7th, 2025

Crisp mornings and the trees putting on their annual show, it’s a lovely time to be out on farm. With shorter days and cooler temps, now is the opportunity to focus on winter housing preparations – read more . . .

September 10th, 2025

As we head into Autumn and the weather is finally changing, who would have thought we would be so happy to see some long awaited rain – read more . . .

August 1st, 2025

The stereotype among the general public is that farmers are always complaining about the weather. If truth be told, then so are farm vets (or at least I am) – read more . . .

July 8th, 2025

Celebrating the safe arrival of new life still remains one of the best things about my job – read more . . .

June 1st, 2025

We had a thoroughly good time at the Oxfordshire Young Farmers Rally in Blewbury – read more . . .

May 1st, 2025

Spring has sprung with the oak tree leaves finally coming out and I was discussing with Liz the differential diagnosis table we made for sheep . . . read more . . .

April 3rd, 2025

It has been a real joy to feel some sun on our backs as we go about our work over the last couple of weeks, it feels like spring has finally sprung and with it an increase in emergency calls to calvings, lambings and kiddings. Read more . . .

March 6th, 2025

The rare few days of sunshine, the daffodil heads blooming and the increase in lambing and calving calls in the diary give the tell tale signs that spring is just around the corner. Read more . . .