Dr. Karen Wonnacott
ruminant specialist
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Karen joined the CMC Technical Team as our Ruminant Nutritionist in 2018. Karen was brought up on a small, family-run farm in Devon and has always been incredibly passionate about agriculture and the countryside.
Karen holds a BSc. (Hons) in Animal Science and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. Her PhD investigated ‘Fatty acid uptake in the ruminant ovary and pre-implantation embryo’. Following her studies, Karen became the ‘Research and Development Manager’ for DairyCo (now AHDB Dairy), before moving into the feed industry.
Karen is secretary of the Dairy Science Forum, which provides a focus for its members to strengthen the way science contributes to both the well-being of dairy cows and the dairy industry in general.
Karen’s overarching ambition in life is to make a positive difference to British agriculture. She appreciates that no two farms are the same and loves finding out the specific drivers of each farming business and working with everyone that operates on the farm to deliver practical nutritional solutions. Karen and her husband, Richard, live in Beaworthy with their three children and budding young farmers, William, Megan and Lucy.
Karen, along with John, is responsible for arranging, and providing, training for our brilliant sales team.
We always try to keep up-to-date with the latest R&D and technical developments to ensure that the support and advice we give our farming customers is relevant and forward-thinking.
Articles by Dr. Karen Wonnacott
Controlling the Controllables...
Well, what a strange weather year this is turning out to be?!
Some of you are saying that you have had one of your best grass
years and others of you are saying that the rain never seems
to have stopped falling from the sky?! One of the main reasons
that we all love agriculture is that no two days, seasons or
farms are the same. At a time where we are seeing fluctuating
markets, challenging harvesting windows, high costs, what can
we hope to achieve by 'controlling the controllables'?
Tuesday 01 Oct 2024
Articles by Dr. Karen Wonnacott
Developments in Dairy Nutrition – Has anything changed in sixty years?
The short answer ( for those of you that know me well, I am not that good at providing short answers!) is yes – A LOT!
Read More...Saturday 01 Jun 2024
Articles by Dr. Karen Wonnacott
Evolution
You will be very familiar with the ever-changing circumstances we find ourselves in, especially in farming. The goal posts are always moving and in our own ways, we are all custodians of the land. Business profitability remains fundamental to the success and longevity of any business.
Read More...Thursday 28 Sep 2023