breeding

Ben Yates manages Mells Park Estate, Somerset, where he oversees a 400-cow unit and manages the 405-ha (1,000 acre) estate. Along with his wife and two sons, Ben has his own small herd of pedigree Holsteins under the Wowcow prefix. He joined the Holstein UK Board of Trustees in 2021

An ‘easy care' British Friesian with the potential for maximising milk from forage is the cornerstone of the Oulton family's herd breeding policy at Domvilles Farm, near Stoke-on-Trent

A new year prompts a fresh look at the genetics programme for three of the country's top pedigree breeders, who review their goals for performance improvement in the 12 months ahead

The usefulness of IVF as a breeding tool for livestock farmers was debated by a panel of vets and farmers on day two of the British Cattle Breeders Conference, held in Telford

All appears to have changed among Jersey sires in the December AHDB rankings, but this reflects a switch of focus to young bulls with genomic indexes, which are now widely used by UK farmers

OCD Trooper Sheepster holds firmly on to its lead in the daughter-proven Holstein sires ranking

The latest dairy bull proofs have been released by AHDB

Ram fertility testing could be a valuable tool ahead of this year's breeding season as heat stress this summer could have impacted fertility in breeding stock

The Weaver family are not afraid to buck the trend when it comes to the management of their Staffordshire dairy herd