The dairy market has been amongst the most volatile since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. Exposure to the foodservice sector meant that prices for some producers plunged as lockdown hit, but there...
The dairy market has been amongst the most volatile since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. Exposure to the foodservice sector meant that prices for some producers plunged as lockdown hit, but there...
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
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
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