Dairy

The UKs largest milk and grocery doorstep delivery service, Milk & More, has launched a large-scale recruitment drive as 25,000 new customers rushed to sign up to the service during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The dairy company have launched a campaign to recruit up to 300 additional key workers to help manufacture and deliver essential dairy produce.

Olivia, 22, from Whitchurch, Shropshire, is currently studying an FdSc in Dairy Herd Management at Reaseheath College and was recently crowned runner up in the prestigious Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) 2020 ‘Dairy Student of the Year’ competition.

Extreme winter weather has left a legacy of catch up jobs, and managing existing grassland and assessing which fields need to be reseeded is among them.

One-to-one mentoring with grazing experts has helped Duncan and Sarah Howie in the transition from all-year-round to block calving, with milk from forage now improved. Hannah Noble reports.

It is vital cattle producers have a plan to minimise, manage and treat parasitic infections before they reduce productivity and business profitability, according to Boehringer Ingelheim.

Farmers should be prepared to protect their stock from flies earlier this year with the mild weather expected to increase fly numbers and prolong the season, warns a leading biologist.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a UK-wide lockdown on March 25 to reduce further spread of Covid-19.

Defra Ministers are ‘in constant discussion’ with industry about delaying the phase out of direct payments, as the Agriculture Bill faces a fresh hold up due to the coronavirus epidemic.

No farm should face the prospect of losing more than a quarter of its direct payment before the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme is up and running, the CLA has said.