Dairy
Livestock
Farmers are set to be hit with a double whammy of lower farmgate prices and higher costs of production as a result of the Government’s proposed immigration rules.
19 February 2020
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3 min read
Livestock
Grazing autumn-calved cows comes with a host of different challenges to those associated with spring-calving herds and demands a different approach. Hannah Noble reports.
19 February 2020
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5 min read
Livestock
Irthingelt Dairy Shorthorns added the breed championship at last year’s Dairy Expo to a respectable line-up of showring titles to date, but they make up only one arm of the farming business.
19 February 2020
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7 min read
Livestock
The benefits of reseeding and the use of a silage inoculant were discussed at a recent milk from forage press briefing. Hannah Noble reports.
19 February 2020
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4 min read
Livestock
We take a look ahead at this year’s UK Dairy Expo, being held once again at Boderway Exhibition Centre, Carlisle.
19 February 2020
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3 min read
Dairy
Tedding and raking are the unsung heroes of silaging and should be given as much care and attention at harvest as any part of the silage-making process.
18 February 2020
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4 min read
Dairy
Producing your own haylage, rather than buying-in dietary straw, could bring numerous benefits.
18 February 2020
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6 min read
Livestock
Talk of future technology and the best ways to combat methane emissions were hot topics at this year’s Dairy-Tech held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Katie Jones and Hannah Noble report.
18 February 2020
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10 min read
Dairy
Ultra Low Volume application - for example where silage additive is applied at 20ml/tonne of grass compared to the usual 1-2 litres/tonne - could save considerable time at harvest
17 February 2020
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3 min read
Dairy
Adopting Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF) could help reduce soil compaction risk and boost yields by up to 10.5% while also reducing nitrous oxide emissions.
17 February 2020
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6 min read
