The EPIHERD project has been awarded a Smart Grant from Innovate UK to develop a platform which will help farmers access epigenomic data on their dairy herds to improve performance.

Fibre in forages is the most underused feed resource in dairy cow diets according to a UK and Ireland study that used new technology to investigate fibre digestibility in a range of herds

Switching to crossbreeding has improved herd health and fertility at one Devon dairy

DeLaval recently completed the installation of 24 VMS V310 robots at Lønholm Agro in Denmark, making it the largest batch milking robot farm in the world

Farmgate prices may have stabilised for some, but there is no guarantee that there will not be further milk price reductions in Q4, as milk prices are still outstripping the value of commodities by some distance

This month Roger Evans writes about the problems caused by dogs running free on farmland, and also gives us his thoughts on early mornings

Becky Fenton and husband Paul milk 200 pedigree Holsteins under the Springlebee prefix at Centenary Farm, a Cheshire county council farm. In 2021, they bought a farm in Staffordshire and they plan to farm there once the new dairy set-up has been built

We have now dried all the cows off, switched off the water heater and ice bank, ready for some much-needed downtime away from the farm.

This month Roger Evans discusses the Milk Marketing Board, the importance of food security, and gives his opinions on the members of the Government