Dairy Farmer

The results from Pioneer’s on-farm maize hybrid trials harvested last autumn have highlighted three varieties of interest to UK dairy farmers drilling crops this spring. Sara Gregson reports.

Farmers have urged Government to halt plans to continue the statutory requirement of bovine TB testing for cattle, in light of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.

March 2020 Dairy Farming edition

Block calving 430 cows means a lot of calves have to be attended to all at once, and to ensure full attention a strict colostrum protocol has been adopted on one Welsh farm. Debbie James has the story.

Production in December was 1228 million litres, which was down 13.00m litres and 1% on last year. It was also within 1% of 2017.

Any farm-built invention or installation that improves the lives of the stock and owners has to be commended. For one farm improving foot health, that meant building its own foot washer.

This month, Roger Evans tells us about the current craze to emblazon tractors with the owner’s name, and why, in days gone by, he preferred to retain a certain amount of anonymity when it came to driving on the public highway.

The dairy industry has become increasingly intensive as it seeks to secure a foothold on the world stage, but for Patrick Holden, chief executive of the Sustainable Food Trust, this is entirely the wrong direction.

For many dairy farmers the pedigree Holstein is still the breed of choice, so why would you drop it in favour of a lesser known breed?

A £1.4 million investment in a greenfield site dairy on the edge of the Lake District National Park is helping future-proof one Cumbrian agricultural business.