As one Defra agency appears to be finally learning the painful lessons of IT rollouts gone wrong, another seems to have walked into the same trap. Features
Dual cropping may be answer to combat adverse conditions
Last year, maize produced some highly variable results owing to the abnormal weather conditions, but choosing a more robust variety or sowing dual crops may be one answer.
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Workshop Tips: Cutting frame means logs ready in no time
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Breeding: Milk fat profile in the spotlight
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On Farm: Finding optimum cow loading to make best use of robotics
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On Farm: Rumen stability is secret for feeding high yielders
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On Farm: Top quality maize helps slash on-farm feed bills
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On Farm: Setting out to make best use of home-grown forage
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On Farm: Why once a day milking may be worth exploring
Comments
Potters View: How will Muller cope in the liquid market?
This month Ian Potter puts a rule over the Müller deal and asks whether the future doesn’t lie with the no-middle-man co-ops after all?
Good Evans: Why I’m definitely not the biggest farm assurance fan
This month Roger Evans tells us why we must all make a stand against the ever growing assurance industry, and why he thinks housing his down-calving heifers near the pub could definitely have its attractions.
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Cowmen Comment: Our traffic cone chutes are admired from near and far
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Good Evans: Please keep your hands off my heifer feed blocks
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Potters View: PO could be answer to retailers’ armlock
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Cowmen Comment: We’re learning how to get the most from our forages
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Choose carefully who you sit next to at meal times
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Good Evans: Will we soon be greasing up our old hedgeback ploughs?
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