Dairy Farmer

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

Michael Oakes, dairy farmers and NFU dairy board chair, discusses the findings of the NFU's recent Dairy Production Intentions survey

Looking more closely at dietary sugars will help unlock the value in this year’s silages and help offset the consequences of more volatile major feed commodity markets

Starting off in dairying is a tough challenge for anyone, but one young couple in Ontario have bucked the trend and are now running two farms

Grass silage quality has been variable this year and clamps have not been filled to capacity in some regions meaning some producers will now be looking to redress the balance where crops have fallen below expectations

Fibre in forages is the most underused feed resource in dairy cow diets according to a UK and Ireland study that used new technology to investigate fibre digestibility in a range of herds