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A Scottish dairy farm has been brought back from the brink of bankruptcy following the development of a niche market for organic milk from its small Ayrshire herd, and from other local dairy farms. Wendy Short reports.

For one farm in South West Scotland, the journey from conventional parlour to robots has been a long-held ambition – but has it lived up to expectations? Natalie Noble finds out.

For Craig Bentley the desire to modernise his family’s dairy farm was driven by a focus on the next generation and improved staff retention. A move to robotic milking has seen yields increase by substantially. Wendy Short r

After introducing line-bred US genetics 15 years ago, Stranraer based Ervie Herefords continues to build a steely reputation for selling naturally reared and presented Hereford breeding bulls to commercial customers UK-wide.

An innovative mobile milking parlour is helping a 400-cow dairy herd restore soil fertility on a large organic arable estate. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

John and Henny Goffin have successfully developed a deer breeding and finishing enterprise since taking on Mauldslie Farm in 2013, where latterly the focus has been implementing a ground improvement and reseeding strategy to

Cutting the methane produced by livestock is seen as an essential element of farming’s attempts to achieve net zero emissions. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

September 2021 Arable Farming Issue