Life on a Cheshire dairy farm for Rebecca Wood, who is ordinarily a Birmingham-based BBC reporter and presenter, has been an eye-opener. Here she tells Farmers Guardian about the joy and wealth of new experiences it has brought her.

Two free virtual Farmers Guardian events are offering UK farmers the chance to find out more about the opportunities the New Zealand agritech industry has to offer.

While participating in the LiveWheat project, Green Acres Farm in Shropshire has shown resilience in extreme weather and achieved consistent wheat crop quality and yield. Farmers Guardian spoke to organic grower, Mark Lea.

Genomic testing heifers and breeding replacements from the best should be a ‘no-brainer’ considering the potential improvements in genetic gain up for grabs.

Farmers using robotic milking systems should consider reviewing their breeding strategy to optimise performance from the robots, according to Ellen Rinell of Genus ABS.

Modern day concentrated whey protein based milk powders can deliver top notch calf performance thanks to careful processing and delivery of essential bio-nutrients

Automated milk feeding enables Barber’s Farmhouse cheesemakers to successfully rear 600 quality heifers per year from seven of their dairy herds.

Vaccination has been part of a holistic approach which has seen pneumonia rates plummet at Rerrick Park Farm, Dumfries.

Installing an automated milk feeder has been part of one Lancashire dairy farm’s drive to future-proof the business.

Jason Short, northern business manager for Volac, runs through some of the key benefits of using automated milk feeders for calf rearing.