Understanding how each individual cow, heifer or calf is faring in terms of their general wellbeing, reproductive status and milk quality is critical to ensuring the dairy herd is performing to its maximum potential.
Group members given suspended prison sentences after causing £100,000 damage to dairy centre
It's the time of year again to switch off the vacuum pumps, stop making ice and shut the farm gate as we hit the peak three to four weeks of our summer dry period
The Scottish Dairy Cattle Association recently released its six-monthly figures for dairy herds and dairy cows in Scotland in 2024, which revealed a net decrease of 21 dairy herds – 2.6% – within Scotland to 773
Magnus Brown, 21, is a dairy farmer from Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire. He is an NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador and a trainee solicitor at Roythornes
Íæż½ã½ã put on 12 months' notice as retailer says move will allow it to buy more milk from those who remain
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It is nearing 10 years since the UK livestock industry began a concerted effort to monitor and measure antibiotic use on-farm as part of the battle against AMR (antimicrobial resistance).
But farming leaders urge caution and question size, scale and location of trial held in cull area.