New at the top of the latest Spring Calving Index (£SCI) is the high health and fertility Jersey sire, VJ Groenbjerg Lobo Lobster which has 94 UK daughters contributing to excellent milk solids figures and earns an SCI of £583

Dutch-bred Bloemplaat Hoeve Ewoud continues to move up the Friesian rankings to take the lead in this breed's evaluations

Genosource Captain has been a long-term leader within the Holstein breed both as a young, genomic sire and now that he has daughters of his own

A new entrant in the shape of Peak AltaOrvar has hit the number one position on the genomic Holstein sires list, published this week by AHDB

The unusual maize growing season means that while many crops have yielded well, quality is more variable and generally lower than in 2023, which will present some challenges when included in rations

Familiar names took the top honours in the cattle and pig judging at this years Royal Welsh Winter Fair, but there were first time wins in the sheep lines

Increasingly, farmers are sharing their positive results of establishing and grazing livestock on herbal leys, with many reporting increased production and reduced need for input

Investing £30,000 in starling-proofing cattle housing is a major outlay for a Welsh dairy farming business, but it calculates a payback period of just two months in feed savings alone

Cow-calf separation is of growing concern to the public and 2021 Nuffield scholar, Anna Bowen, undertook a study to look at the opportunities for dairy farms to transition to cow-calf contact systems