Dairy

AHDB’s dynamic TV advert has sparked heightened levels of confidence in British food production, as UK consumers are reassured to continue to enjoy meat and dairy as part of a healthy, balanced diet. Mollie Leach reports.

The businesses say they will now look to ‘rapidly integrate’ over the next few months

Scour is the most common disease in young calves, accounting for around 50% of deaths, making it an important disease for farmers to get on top of. So how can calf scour be prevented and treated? Ruth Wills reports.

Genetics may have a greater influence on how susceptible dairy cows are to developing foot lesions than previously thought, a new study has found. Debbie James reports.

Pre-cut testing of grass is an important tool to improve precision of cutting date and help improve forage quality and stability of fermentation. Dairy Farmer reports.

Scour is the most common disease in young calves, accounting for around 50% of deaths, making it an important disease for farmers to get on top of. So how can calf scour be prevented and treated? Ruth Wills reports.

Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is thought to be common in Scottish dairy herds and experts believe a similar picture may apply to the rest of mainland UK. Wendy Short reports.

With a target of keeping clamped silage losses to below 5 per cent, the Halton family has assessed all aspects of silage making from cutting to clamping.

Amy Eggleston is a fifth-generation dairy farmer from Leicestershire. Her family and farm team are milking 620 Friesian cows on a New Zealand-based grazing, spring calving unit. She showcases her farming journey on social media (@thedairydaughter) and also runs Pastures Green, which is a rural marketing business.

The retailer has announced a substantial jump in acknowledgement of the unprecedented inflation in farm costs