It is now more than three years since the UK left the European Union (EU), and with it the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). English farmers have seen the biggest change to support. In 2024, farmers who...
It is now more than three years since the UK left the European Union (EU), and with it the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). English farmers have seen the biggest change to support. In 2024, farmers who...
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