Technical

With tight margins and challenging weather conditions, optimising nitrogen use to achieve milling wheat proteins is crucial

Ongoing dry conditions have resulted in low disease pressures this year however, growers are being urged to remain on the lookout for developing infections

While it is too early to truly assess the state of grass silage clamps this season, beef producers can make best use of home-grown winter wheat or barley by introducing alkasystems technology

With costs running upwards of £1,800 to £3,000 per animal, choosing which calves to rear is a decision that can have long-term impacts on herd efficiency, profitability and sustainability

With summer approaching, Emma Puddy, farm services specialist at Kingshay – part of the VetPartners group - warns about increased mastitis risk during warmer months

Dairy farmers are being encouraged to consider other wholecrops as an alternative to maize, which is becoming increasingly difficult to grow in some parts of the country

Frequent footbathing of dry cows combined with preventive foot trimming is enabling digital dermatitis incidence to be maintained at the 2% level at Marcross Farm in the Vale of Glamorgan

Sugar beet is well known for its high nutritional content, however, studies have shown that careful management of diets is needed

Claire Bailey Archibald and William Fleming from Germinal explain how clover can benefit both the environment and farmer's businesses