Correct mineral nutrition is critical to cow performance, both in terms of improving milk output and reducing the incidence of many common health disorders.
As dairy farmers turn to other countries to source replacement stock, Richard Halleron looks at the potential impacts of disease and Brexit on some of these markets.
Block calving 430 cows means a lot of calves have to be attended to all at once, and to ensure full attention a strict colostrum protocol has been adopted on one Welsh farm. Debbie James has the story.
Production in December was 1228 million litres, which was down 13.00m litres and 1% on last year. It was also within 1% of 2017.
Livestock market turnover neared £1.6 billion in 2019, with numbers sold rising across nearly all categories and an increase in buyers returning to the ring.
Safety Revolution Ltd is a Health and Safety consultancy, serving rural businesses across the UK.
Stockpiling animal medicines is unnecessary, costly and, in the case of prescription only products, illegal, theÌýAnimal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority has warned.
Around a third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted – a fact that I still find hard to comprehend, says Peter Maddox, WRAP director.