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October 2020 Dairy Farming edition

The RABDFhas warned a number of the UK’s largest dairy farms are set to go bust over the coming years after the Migration Advisory Committee rejected its calls to add dairy workers to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL).

The dairy said the rise reflects recent stability in returns from cream and butter markets

Emissions could be cut dramatically if the global dairy industry was as productive as the UK, according to analysis from AHDB

Analysis by Trouw Nutrition GB suggests this year’s grass and wholecrop silages generally have the potential to support good intakes and levels of production.

The NFU has said it ‘does not recognise’ claims made by activists who declared they have hacked a badger cull website and changed sensitive records.

The cooperative said the current market outlook remained stable although there was uncertainty in the UK from the Covid-19 pandemic

This month, Ian Potter asks whether milk contract legislation will actually be bad for the industry and questions the response of some industry organisations.

An NFU call to scrap ‘archaic’ discretionary milk pricing has come under fire for its lack of clarity about how the model might be replaced. Hannah Binns and Alex Black report.