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Escalating feed costs bring into sharp focus the need to improve nutritional efficiencies on-farm.
13 January 2022
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4 min read
Three farmers share their thoughts on the immediate and longer term challenges facing their dairy businesses.
13 January 2022
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3 min read
A Devon farming family has focused on optimising efficiencies across their three dairy units. Here is how they have done it.
13 January 2022
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3 min read
Combining corrective mating with a sexed and beef strategy has started to push herd genetic gain to the next level on one Wiltshire farm, while genomic testing should supercharge the process even more.
13 January 2022
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6 min read
Livestock
Optimising the number of heifer calves produced by targeting and continuously monitoring the use of sexed semen could help business performance and carbon footprint.
13 January 2022
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4 min read
Increased demand for dairy means the industry has a bright future, as long as farmers can weather the storm ahead. Industry leaders run through what challenges they can expect in the forthcoming years.
13 January 2022
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4 min read
Livestock
Combining genomic testing with a sexed and beef strategy is helping Aberystwyth University’s farm to efficiently breed the best replacements to suit their new robotic system.
13 January 2022
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6 min read
Livestock
Cost and carbon footprint have driven a Devon family to reduce the number of replacements reared.
13 January 2022
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3 min read
Livestock
AHDB’s Farm Business Review is helping one Gloucestershire farmer add value to his farming operation by setting up a solid cost infrastructure for his new business venture in a bid to maximise profit. Mollie Leach reports.
12 January 2022
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4 min read
Arable
Most oilseed rape crops went into winter noticeably better developed than the past three seasons. However, some crops were a little too well-developed, raising winter survival and spring canopy management concerns.
12 January 2022
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3 min read