03 May 2021
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5 min read
With a widening gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots' in the dairy sector, NFU dairy board chair Michael Oakes discusses how the 'average' dairy farmer is fairing As the NFU's dairy board chairman,...
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Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres
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Rising productivity in modern dairy herds can come at a cost, with nutritional stress now a key driver of poor fertility in high yielding herds
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4 min read
Income from the sale of milking heifers influences sire selection on a Lincolnshire dairy where functional, medium-sized cows suit the system at Bassingthorpe Holsteins
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