To say that this has made decision-making challenging would be to put it mildly, with cows in and out like a yo-yo, spring drilling being drawn out over three weeks and grassland turning to mud daily....
To say that this has made decision-making challenging would be to put it mildly, with cows in and out like a yo-yo, spring drilling being drawn out over three weeks and grassland turning to mud daily....
Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres
Rising productivity in modern dairy herds can come at a cost, with nutritional stress now a key driver of poor fertility in high yielding herds
Income from the sale of milking heifers influences sire selection on a Lincolnshire dairy where functional, medium-sized cows suit the system at Bassingthorpe Holsteins