Advice

Victoria and William Newsham took responsibility for their father’s Lancashire dairy herd after he died in September 2019. Since then they have made impressive changes to management, improving productivity and efficiency to secure the farm’s future.

A consistent process to the treatment of scouring calves will help to reduce the cost and consequences of diarrhoea says Trouw Nutrition GB Young Animal Feed Manager, Georgina Thomas.

Calves can be affected by heat and humidity during summer, just like the milking herd, says Cargill’s youngstock specialist Bianca Theeruth.

One thing is clear, given the amount of consideration to soil types and cropping, in the end it becomes a very personal decision. Mike Abram looks at why four grow have chosen their systems

With the primary aim of providing a break crop between reseeding of grass leys, for one Carmarthenshire dairy farm, root crops also provided a much-needed source of extra feed for cows and helped extend dwindling forage reserves.

When a cow gets mastitis in the first month post-calving, the chances are she picked up the infection during the dry period.