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A lack of forage and soaring input costs were holding back milk production in the UK

With the transition to environmental payments prompting farmers to tap into alternative income streams, AHDB’s 51AVÊÓƵBusiness Review service is helping one Wiltshire farmer add value to his farming operation. Mollie Leach reports.

The dairy has announced a 3ppl rise from January 1

Muller was targeting a 30 per cent reduction in emissions from its farmer suppliers as consumers look more closely at the impact of the choices they make.

A Somerset farm run by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farming (RABDF) chair and his family has been fined £37,184 for polluting a watercourse with slurry and manure.

Only levy payers registered by March 31 2022 will be able to vote on the future direction of AHDB

MORE than 500 Holsteins went under the hammer when the Woodmarsh herd was dispersed on-farm at Bomere Heath near Shrewsbury on behalf of the Gould family grossing more than 1.3 million and peaking at 19,000gns.

Robert Wiseman’s first ever signed dairy producer has handed in his notice to Muller, claiming it is no longer ‘economically viable’ for his business to supply the dairy.

A toolkit that assesses the ammonia emissions risk posed by a farm has been put forward as an alternative to environmental permitting, which is currently on-track to be extended to ‘dairy and intensive beef farms’ by 2025.

Dairy farms are at risk of being priced out of complying with rule changes anticipated on the back of environmental permitting, currently on-track to be extended to ‘dairy and intensive beef farms’ by 2025.