The latest data shows that UK milk volumes over the last two weeks have averaged 44.72m litres per day, some 2.71m litres and 6.4% more than last year and some 6.3% more than the long-term average. GB...
The latest data shows that UK milk volumes over the last two weeks have averaged 44.72m litres per day, some 2.71m litres and 6.4% more than last year and some 6.3% more than the long-term average. GB...
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