While there has been a significant reduction in the use of antimicrobials on dairy farms since 2018, that decline has been plateauing for the last three years according to the latest antimicrobial focus report from Kingshay.

New data emerging from a study involving Welsh sheep flocks shows good potential to significantly reduce the number of ewes that need to be wormed around lambing time.

Making sure Gen Z has the right facts about the nutrition and environmental status of dairy products is essential to the industry’s future.

Dairy cows of the future will be smaller and rounder than current animals, and will be highly efficient at producing milk solids while having lower emissions said American geneticist Dr John Cole, of Peak Genetics.

Winner of the 2022 NMR RABDF Gold Cup is the Logan family from Ayrshire.

Dairy analyst, Chris Walkland, arrived on stage at this year’s Semex International Dairy Conference dressed as an undertaker to mourn the demise of high milk prices.

The provision of materials to encourage enrichment and offer interaction, similar to that already seen in the pig industry, could have a positive impact on dairy cows, according to research carried out by Alison Russell a PhD student at the University of