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Designer and manufacturer of milking equipment, DeLaval, has launched a new concept around automatic milking. Hannah Park reports.

Careful budgeting and persistence are the key requirements to the success of once-a-day milking systems. Wendy Short reports.

With an increased starling population as the winter months set in at risk of eating into total mixed rations and other hard feed stocks on dairy farms, we round up some of the advice on how to effectively control starling numbers. Hannah Park reports.

The Kubota M6 has been designed to fill a gap between the manufacturer’s largest and shiniest range, the M7 and its utilitarian range, the MGX. To see if it has a place in the competitive 130-160hp sector.

The R number identifies the potential for an infectious disease to spread, but can be massively influenced by management practices. Dairy Farmer talks to MSD Animal Health’s Paul Williams to discuss how it can be reduced as part of a control strategy for IBR.

Spring-sown crops, which provide a high feed value forage, could present an attractive option when planning next year’s forage. Dairy Farmer looks at the options.