Dairy

Research has shown even pasture fed cows are short of beta carotene at some point during the breeding cycle.

Good silage will be key to making the most of good milk prices in the face of high fertiliser and feed costs.

Arla Foods UK was looking to boost branded sales, improving the profitability of the liquid milk category and look to export markets for the first time

It comes as Freshways announced a May price rise breaking through the 40ppl barrier and called on retailers to step up on price rises

The Black Sea’s established ‘stranglehold’ on the UK’s organics market has sparked industry concern about the sector’s future.

Gisburn Auction Marts has been fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,819 after an employee was fatally injured while helping to load a dairy bull into a lorry.

Arla’s farmgate milk price for the standard manufacturing litre will increase by 0.34ppl

The farming community has reacted angrily to a recent study that claims badger culling had little impact of incidences of bovine TB.

The dairy has announced its price will increase to 39.8ppl from May 1

Removal of the 25 per cent import tariff on US maize will help mitigate limited exports from Ukraine and Russia and improve agri-food chains’ ability to maintain animal feed supply, industry chiefs have said.