
The significant uptake in multi-species leys driven by the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is resulting in many dairy farmers trying them for the first time this spring, with a danger many will use...
The significant uptake in multi-species leys driven by the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is resulting in many dairy farmers trying them for the first time this spring, with a danger many will use...
Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana.
Silage quality has held up better than expected after a dry, difficult season – but with forage stocks running short, dairy farmers are being urged to calculate stocks and plan now to avoid winter feed gaps
Dairy farmers may not know for some time how the generally poor forage growing season may effect either milk supplies or prices over the autumn and winter said industry leaders at UK Dairy Day