Dairy

Unions and farmers have been left feeling frustrated after a new environmental module has been imposed on them by Red Tractor without scrutiny. The 'Greener Farms Commitment' is set to be introduced in April 2024

Dairies have announced November price drops

The NFU Cymru president, Aled Jones said the dairy industry seems to run on fuel called ‘hope it gets better' but the ‘tank is on red'. That was his message after he updated his milk projection forecast for the next 12 months

Profits on dairy farms were forecast to plunge by more than a half this milk year, as lower prices and stubbornly high costs combine, warned accountants Old Mill and the Farm Consultancy Group at this week's Dairy Show

Cross-breeding for longevity, and switch to autumn calving, aided by herd monitoring tech has led to performance improvements for the Humphry family

The School and Nursery Milk Alliance's survey found 79 per cent of adults supported a move to provide free milk for children in schools and nurseries similar to a scheme in Wales

Feeding high-quality silage with an ME of 11.5 or higher can achieve an extra 2.35kg of milk per cow per day, as well as help reduce a herd’s carbon footprint

With autumn block calving underway, farmers are being urged to act now to prevent milk losses due to ketosis and transition-related disease

A new technology which disrupts bacterial communication and behaviour is proving successful in on-farm mastitis control and could look to replace antibiotic treatment

This week from Farmers Guardian editor, Olivia Midgley (September 29)