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Two years’ worth of data from a Cargill study is proving that heat stress is affecting most UK dairy herds during the summer, with a dip in fertility being just one telltale sign. But how do dairy farmers combat the problem?

The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation's Dugald Hamilton discusses some of the practical steps dairy farmers can take to reduce carbon emissions on their farms and pave the way for a greener, cleaner future

The old adage, ‘if you can't measure it, you can't manage it', is highly appropriate when it comes to weighing routines for youngstock.

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.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has written an open letter to the nations farmers setting out his ambition for the sector in upcoming trade deals ahead of the UK Farm to Fork Summit on May 16

Holstein champion Damm Tatoo Sallie from Martin and Cyrill Millar, Coleraine, Londonderry took home the dairy inter-breed championship.

A herd average PLI of 228 and a margin-over-purchased feed figure of 3,424/cow were just two of the performance results that elevated Rookhaye Farm to the finals of the 2022 NMR RABDF Gold Cup. Wendy Short reports.

On this weeks Over the Farm Gate podcast, FGs Rachael Brown puts farmers concerns to Welsh Rural Affairs and North Wales Minister Lesley Griffiths

Irish supermarkets are stepping up a price war, with the price of butter being slashed following a cut in the retail price of milk.