With an eye on expanding cow numbers in the next couple of years, the Darke family decided to replace robots with a rotary parlour. Rebecca Jordan visits them to find out how the new system is working....
With an eye on expanding cow numbers in the next couple of years, the Darke family decided to replace robots with a rotary parlour. Rebecca Jordan visits them to find out how the new system is working....
Livestock specialist Katie Fallon, talks about learning new things in farming and visits a young sheep breeder ahead of the Great Yorkshire Show
Looking to make the most of his land and buildings in a way that suited him, Ernie Harker is enjoying the benefits of switching to a lower risk system
Philip Close and his daughter Heather are still on a learning curve as they fine-tune their minimum-input suckler herd in Ayrshire, where priority is given to soil function and extended rest periods for the grazing