Reduced costs was the main difference between top and bottom performing dairy businesses according to Old Mill and the Farm Consultancy Group Costs were the key determiner of whether a dairy business...
Reduced costs was the main difference between top and bottom performing dairy businesses according to Old Mill and the Farm Consultancy Group Costs were the key determiner of whether a dairy business...
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
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
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