Roxy Winstanley, key account manager at Elanco, says with milk prices dropping off, it is important cows reach peak milk production as quickly as possible after calving, while staying healthy, to protect...
Roxy Winstanley, key account manager at Elanco, says with milk prices dropping off, it is important cows reach peak milk production as quickly as possible after calving, while staying healthy, to protect...
Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres
Rising productivity in modern dairy herds can come at a cost, with nutritional stress now a key driver of poor fertility in high yielding herds
Income from the sale of milking heifers influences sire selection on a Lincolnshire dairy where functional, medium-sized cows suit the system at Bassingthorpe Holsteins