Investing in a new setup on a greenfield site has demonstrated the Barnes family’s commitment to dairying for the next generation and beyond. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.
Beth Menzies, 21, grew up on her family hill farm in Argyll, studied agriculture at Scotland’s Rural College and works as a shepherd in the Scottish Borders.
Exceptional feed efficiency and fertility drive the success of one family dairy farm on the edge of the Peak District.
Dairy farming is too often a marginal business, so there is a need to drive profitability, and genetics is a great place to start.
Identifying the elite females in a herd through genomic testing will increase efficiency and sustainability while improving profitability.
Updating a slurry system to increase capacity and flexibility has offered wide ranging benefits for one Wiltshire dairy farmer. Jane Carley reports.
Harnessing the power of genomics is driving genetic gain and providing the key to improved herd performance on a Wiltshire dairy farm.
Feeding a sustainable dairy compound is helping one Cornish dairy farmer to meet the climate change challenge
Making a difference to the environment within the company and for the wider industry has been the aim of Massey Feeds for 20 years.
As 2020 began, who could have forecast what was about to hit us and the rest of the world.