Dairy Farmer

With a total commitment to dairy farming, the Higgins family are looking at ways to take their business forward and are hoping the AHDB Strategic Dairy Farm programme will help facilitate this

As a dairy farmer I am very familiar with the extreme highs and lows the market throws at us, and the enormous pressures experienced by businesses like my own during downturns

A focus on the milking routine can be a useful tool to help reduce mastitis incidence and vets can play an important role in this

From Dairy Farmer editor, Katie Jones.

So my time on Defra's Bovine TB Partnership has unexpectedly come to an end. My three-year term ended and was disappointingly, for me, not extended

Let's start with the record-breaking news, although I'm not sure that knowing that February had the highest rainfall in 250 years is the sort of record we want to be hearing about

A turbulent milk market against the backdrop of an ever-changing regulatory landscape has brought managing change into sharp focus for dairy producers

This month, Roger Evans discusses the situation in rural communities, delves into the world of politics and recounts a tale about rats and chainsaws

Bovine TB continues to affect herds across the country, and with turnout approaching, we look at ways farmers can manage the risk

Managing lameness is an all-year-round task, with care needed to ensure problems do not arise when cattle are at grass