Dairy Farmer

Dairy farmer, David Brooke, writes about his own journey towards retirement and how share farming has given him the opportunity to create a positive work/life balance.

Focusing on key areas helps to ensure youngstock maximise their full potential. Ellie Layton finds out more.

The news of the sudden passing of dairy industry analyst Ian Potter was certainly a shock.

Ensuring heifers have a long and productive life is crucial to maintaining a profitable dairy enterprise, and achieving optimal growth rates pre-weaning can help realise this.

Getting the transition period right can help achieve better results during lactation and improve overall cow health and productivity.

An intuitive approach to sustainable energy use has seen Jonny Crickmore and his family install a unique system to harness energy for their dairy farm, raw milk, cheese and butter making diversifications. Hannah Park finds out more.

Providing a more accurate detection of lung consolidation, lung scanning proves to be a positive tool in detecting and managing pneumonia in calves.

After the success of the first round of funding in 2022, Katie Fallon looks at what is involved in round two of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund.

An important element of the dairy cow’s diet, starch is often overlooked, but is a key component throughout the cow’s life, says Dugdale Nutrition’s veterinary technical manager Debby Brown.

With the interpretation that livestock production is destroying the planet, has the role which ruminants play within society been forgotten?