Dairy Farmer

This year is passing in the blink of an eye and there never seems to be enough hours in the day

Bovine papular stomatitis is not commonly diagnosed on dairy farms but producers should be aware of the viral infection, as its symptoms can mimic much more serious diseases, including foot-and-mouth and bovine viral diarrhoea

UK livestock farmers have helped develop new satellite technology that maps out the quantity of grass available on their farms

The latest outlook on world market prices and what their impact on the UK market could be

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

In the first of a series of articles from Rory Dean, a self-employed, large animal vet who practices in the Kaipara region of Northland, New Zealand, we hear about the challenges being faced by New Zealand dairy farmers

The neck collars and ear tags used by SenseHub to detect heats and monitor rumination and health parameters in dairy cows can also be used as ID tags for compatible milking parlours and automatic shedding gates.

Ifan Roberts is herd manager at Houghton Lodge, Leicestershire, which is one of the farms managed by Evolution Farming

Dairy Farmer editor, Katie Jones, looks at what the main topics of conversation at UK Dairy Day were