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Combining genomic testing with a sexed and beef strategy is helping Aberystwyth University’s farm to efficiently breed the best replacements to suit their new robotic system.

Moving from conventional milking to robotic milking has the potential to drive numerous efficiency gains on-farm and help future-proof dairy businesses.

Adopting a farm-specific breeding programme with the aim of producing the right type of cow for that system is essential as part of any farm’s long-term efficiency drive.

AHDB’s 51AVÊÓƵBusiness Review is helping one Gloucestershire farmer add value to his farming operation by setting up a solid cost infrastructure for his new business venture in a bid to maximise profit. Mollie Leach reports.

The retailer has announced it will ditch ’Use-By’ dates on milk packaging in favour of the ’sniff test’ to help consumers reduce their food waste.Ìý

Every industry is experiencing a shortage of available talent. This has been seen in the dairy industry for the last few years, especially on dairy farms.

Due to growing concern over the new Omicron variant, Dairy-Tech 2022 has been postponed to 7 April 2022.

As 2021 draws to an end, Hannah Binns takes a look back at key industry and political developments which made the farming headlines this year.

As consumers plan their festive cheeseboards, Hannah Binns caught up with Neal’s Yard Dairy’s David Lockwood about why the relationships built with producers needed to be at the heart of the business.