Blog - Dairy

After many years of complaining about dry springs here in Sussex, I finally got my comeuppance this year, with March and April both delivering more than 100mm of rain.

One of our good friends once said to us: You should write a book on your farming life. This was mainly due to all our mishaps, bad luck and sometimes stupidity. So I suppose this column gives me the opportunity to keep a note of it all.

This month, Roger Evans discusses the downsides of rewilding, reminisces about a farm he once milked at, and details what medical professionals have made of him over the years.

The news of the sudden passing of dairy industry analyst Ian Potter was certainly a shock.

Dairy farmer, David Brooke, writes about his own journey towards retirement and how share farming has given him the opportunity to create a positive work/life balance.

I started my year attending the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC). It was the first time I have ever attended an agricultural conference.

Without a doubt, one of the major challenges UK dairy farming has is environmental, and businesses will have to adapt to survive.

I started my year attending the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC). It was the first time I have ever attended an agricultural conference.

You take for granted what you see every day. I think of this as I catch a glimpse of the Red Arrows practicing above me, which is so commonplace here during winter as to go almost unnoticed.

We are still shut down with TB. It is rumbling slightly, with one reactor in each of the past two tests. Obviously it is sod’s law that the best heifer had to go.