Neil Simcock vowed to walk away from the dairy industry if he had not progressed from employee to gaining a foothold in business by mid-career.
Bas Padberg, chair of The Dairy Roadmap, says that sustainability has to be a practical, business-relevant strategy that works for farms today
Becky Fenton and husband Paul milk 200 pedigree Holsteins under the Springlebee prefix at Centenary Farm, a Cheshire county council farm. In 2021, they bought a farm in Staffordshire and they plan to farm there once the new dairy set-up has been built.
A focus on calf health and the opportunity for industry collaboration has seen the Vance family improve calf performance and farm efficiency, cutting labour costs by 75%
Follow this five-point plan to achieve optimal innate and acquired calf immunity and reduce respiratory disease on-farm
A dairy farm in Mexico with huge potential to increase production is currently on the market as a potential investment opportunity
A long-established family farming business is proving that scale, sustainability and animal welfare can go hand in hand
Milk price is the main topic of conversation on farms at the moment. Everyone is affected by it and with the expectation that the prices are to fall further before they recover, a lot of what our dairy team are currently doing is reviewing costs and developing bespoke strategies to support customers.
Growing beans and sunflowers in a crop of forage maize has seen a Pembrokeshire dairy farm raise silage crude protein (CP) levels to nearly 14%
The Spring Calving Index (£SCI) is set to be refined by AHDB to create a more relevant breeding tool for grazing based, spring calving dairy herds