Maintaining forage stocks during the winter and managing summer grazing are the main challenges at Commonwork, an organic dairy farm in Kent
"He was a generous, thoughtful man who had a smile, a joke, a kind word and a helping hand for everyone"
Hayley Campbell-Gibbons will officially start her role as RABDF's chief executive on November 11 2024
In the coming weeks we look forwards to two important dairy industry events – UK Dairy Day, taking place on September 11; followed by the Dairy Show on October 2
A former accountant has taken a leap into dairy farming, with milk from his 40-cow herd sold direct to the public on the Isle of Man
Muller dairy farmers, who meet the conditions for Müller Advantage will receive a milk price of 40.25ppl from September 1
A high standard of colostrum management and a slow weaning process are two ‘non-negotiable' elements of calf rearing for Staffordshire-based Dan Lovatt, who milks 1,000 Jersey cross Friesian spring calvers across two site
Running a housed dairy herd can be expensive but by maximising every cubicle place a Welsh family farm is protecting its profit margins
I have recently been helping to chair the British Grassland Society Summer walks across Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex. I cannot help but think that activities like this are just the tonic most farmers need
I don't quite know where to start this month; the weather, milk prices, milk contract legislation or the new Government