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Taking a lead from New Zealand where most dairy farms are using fresh semen, Cogent has identified a gap in the UK market which might provide an alternative solution to the needs of block calving farms.

Talk of broken supply chains is plentiful on agri-social media and in the farming press, but solutions are much harder to find.

Various processors have announced upwards moves in milk prices as Covid-19 lockdown measures continue to ease further.

Co-products have an increasingly vital role to play in safeguarding the sustainability of global agriculture and our planet, says Duynie Feed.

Trials to vaccinate cattle against bovine TB are set to get underway in England and Wales.

Medina Dairy will close a fresh liquid processing plant in a bid to consolidate processing operations and save money.

Dr Kat Baxter-Smith, veterinary adviser for MSD Animal Health, provides answers around how vaccines can help combat pneumonia and reduce the disease’s long-term impacts.

Vaccination has been part of a holistic approach which has seen pneumonia rates plummet at Rerrick Park Farm, Dumfries.

A second review is underway to find a new owner for Newton Rigg campus, Cumbria after Askham Bryan confirmed it will no longer provide education at the site from July 2021.

Farmers using robotic milking systems should consider reviewing their breeding strategy to optimise performance from the robots, according to Ellen Rinell of Genus ABS.