Dairy

Starting off in dairying is a tough challenge for anyone, but one young couple in Ontario have bucked the trend and are now running two farms

Grass silage quality has been variable this year and clamps have not been filled to capacity in some regions meaning some producers will now be looking to redress the balance where crops have fallen below expectations

Barbican Capital said Close Brothers’ actions had led to the group ‘being incorrectly placed into administration’

The EPIHERD project has been awarded a Smart Grant from Innovate UK to develop a platform which will help farmers access epigenomic data on their dairy herds to improve performance.

Fibre in forages is the most underused feed resource in dairy cow diets according to a UK and Ireland study that used new technology to investigate fibre digestibility in a range of herds

Switching to crossbreeding has improved herd health and fertility at one Devon dairy

Processors were working to make alternative arrangements but some farmers will not have their milk collected today

DeLaval recently completed the installation of 24 VMS V310 robots at Lønholm Agro in Denmark, making it the largest batch milking robot farm in the world

Vet Graham Shepherd says there are some common myths when it comes to colostrum pasteurisation for calf feeding