Feature - Dairy

The Beechgroves Guernsey herd is managed on an all-year-round calving system to ensure a consistent milk supply for wholesale and for the farm shop

With the arrival of summer prompting the mercury to rise, Dairy Farmer looks at how heat stress can affect milk yield and conception rates in high yielding dairy cattle, and how to mitigate its impact

A focus on milk from forage and value-added produce underpins the Gaudie family's organic dairy enterprise in North Yorkshire

Three generations of the Hetherington family run a diverse farming business on the Cumbrian coastline, where a robotic milking system with grazing sits alongside tourism and direct sales

A farmer on the island of Hawaii is on a mission to keep the island's 1.5 million people supplied with locally-produced milk

A Lancashire dairy is entering a new phase of growth, driven by bold investment, technology and a diversification that is reshaping the business

Faced with limited opportunity for herd expansion, the Irwin family have turned to improving milk quality in their autumn-calving Redhouse Holsteins herd

Dairy farmer Ben Gibbons is working with nutritionist Emma Wells to understand how continual improvements can help drive performance on a high yielding herd

A young dairy farmer has big plans to further commercialise the family farm by improving cow breeding and diversifying into agritourism

Neil Simcock vowed to walk away from the dairy industry if he had not progressed from employee to gaining a foothold in business by mid-career.