Dairy

It is time for the ‘bullying tactics’ and power imbalance in the dairy supply chain between farmers and processors to end.

Cost and carbon footprint have driven a Devon family to reduce the number of replacements reared.

Optimising the number of heifer calves produced by targeting and continuously monitoring the use of sexed semen could help business performance and carbon footprint.

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.

Moving from conventional milking to robotic milking has the potential to drive numerous efficiency gains on-farm and help future-proof dairy businesses.

Adopting a farm-specific breeding programme with the aim of producing the right type of cow for that system is essential as part of any farm’s long-term efficiency drive.

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.

The retailer has announced it will ditch ’Use-By’ dates on milk packaging in favour of the ’sniff test’ to help consumers reduce their food waste. 

Every industry is experiencing a shortage of available talent. This has been seen in the dairy industry for the last few years, especially on dairy farms.