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The neck collars and ear tags used by SenseHub to detect heats and monitor rumination and health parameters in dairy cows can also be used as ID tags for compatible milking parlours and automatic shedding gates.

Correct management in the transition period, including meeting greater needs for trace minerals, underpins milk yields, fertility and profitability in the subsequent lactation.

Measure to manage

The NFU dairy intentions survey found almost 10 per cent of dairy farmers said they would be likely to stop supplying milk by 2025, with smaller producers being the most impacted

Scours is one of the biggest killers of calves under 12 weeks of age yet the majority of cases can be prevented.

Smaller dairy farms are questioning their future amid lower prices and an increased need to invest with expectations of milk production to tighten later in the year

Arla will continue to be ASDA's dairy partner until 2028, supplying their private labelled milk, cream, cheese and butter

Dairy farmers have been asked to complete a survey to help assess the impact on UK milk production over the next few years

Dairy farm resilience must not be taken for granted with fears of market contraction as farmers face below cost of production prices amid the cost-of-living squeeze