South West Dairy Development Centre
The South West Dairy Development Centre (SWDDC) is a state-of-the-art, 180-cow dairy unit in Somerset, the heart of the Southwest milk field. The Centre, a fresh vision for the UK dairy industry, provides a truly innovative environment for the development, testing and demonstration of new technologies and techniques to support sustainable, efficient and high health and welfare milk production.
The housing design, which reflects the best of the natural cow environment while providing automated protection from changing weather conditions, optimises the well being of the cattle, and includes enrichment elements such as rotary brushes, state of the art lighting and cubicles.
Supporting sustainable UK milk production