Dairy

Last weekend’s (March 21 and 22) recent spring sunshine saw an influx of visitors to the countryside, sparking outrage from farmers over coronavirus concerns.

The widening gap between the highest and lowest milk prices was brought into sharp focus when Arla announced it was increasing its manufacturing milk price by nearly 1ppl at a time when Meadow Foods said it would drop its by 2ppl.

The Government has committed extra research and development spending, while farmers are being urged to explore the tax benefits of bringing more innovation to their businesses.

With all of the wild weather, March appeared to enter like a pride of ferocious roaring lions, but as I write it appears to be changing into something that resembles a lamb. Let’s hope it stays that way for a while.

Industry representatives have welcomed Government’s inclusion of ‘food producers’ on its critical workers list to help negate the impacts of COVID-19 on labour.

Blaming coronavirus’ impact on the food service sector, the processor has announced a 2ppl price drop with immediate effect and plans to delay March milk payments, sparking anger among farmers.

Despite being encouraged to train as an agricultural engineer, Andrew Neilson was never in any doubt that he would come back home to the family dairy farm. Lynsey Clarke reports.

Correct mineral nutrition is critical to cow performance, both in terms of improving milk output and reducing the incidence of many common health disorders.

As dairy farmers turn to other countries to source replacement stock, Richard Halleron looks at the potential impacts of disease and Brexit on some of these markets.

The Kite progressive dairy operator’s conference, Warrington, was themed ‘revolution not evolution’ and sustainability was one of the key topics. Hannah Noble, finds out more.