Dairy Farmer

Glyn Lucas, dairy sales manager for Harrison & Hetherington, discusses the role of beef from the dairy herd fitting into the food chain

Before Christmas, commodity prices were falling, and end-use buyers sensed the tables had turned in their favour once again

The milk processor said the project would play a key role in its ambition to decrease on-farm emissions by 30% by 2030

The Food Standards Agency confirmed said milk from cows given Bovaer as a feed additive to reduce methane emissions was safe to drink and had undergone rigorous testing

It is after some smaller dairies and farmers have publicly distanced themselves from the new project following safety concerns raised by members of the public

A project to lift cow numbers to 1,800 within a decade has been completed by the Oakley family, and included the installation of a rotary parlour and a move to being fully housed

As I write this at the beginning of November, we are currently in the midst of doing our maize in Cheshire.

This year marks the 95th anniversary of Dairy Farmer

Roger Evans, award winning writer and Dairy Farmer columnist, discusses how he came to start writing in Dairy Farmer

Rosemary Collingborn, a past ‘Cowmen Comment' writer and dairy farmer from Wiltshire looks back at her assocation with Dairy Farmer