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Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "Some of us are trying to function and farm in the midst of a drought"

Claire Eastham farms with her husband Martyn in Dorset, where they milk 120-spring calving cows. After gaining knowledge and experience working for other businesses, the couple started their own dairy farming journey in 2015 by taking on a share farming agreement before progressing to their current county council farm

Claire Eastham

17 July 2025 鈥� 3 min read

Right now, we're not just dealing with the reopening of the Capital Grant, but we're also in the middle of a full-blown policy pile-on. The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF), Capital Grant,...

Dairy Talk: Robert Reed - "We haven't been this long bTB-free for nearly 15 years"

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

Dairy Farmer

16 July 2026 鈥� 4 min read

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How nutritional stress can impact fertility in dairy cows

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

Dairy Farmer

15 July 2026 鈥� 4 min read

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How milking heifer sales drive breeding decisions on Lincolnshire dairy farm

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

Wendy Short

08 July 2026 鈥� 7 min read

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