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In 1982 Geoff and Kim Bowles moved to the small village of Beckington set on the edge of the Mendip Hills and began farming a small herd of Friesian cows.

Lime End Farm is a 600 cow family run dairy in East Sussex on an Autumn calving system producing high quality milk for Arla. Targeted use of male sexed beef semen has helped the herd to maximise the value of their calf crop coming through.

Tom Allan, 26, began working for Rob and Jim Pickford back in 2014 as a relief milker before working his way up the ranks and taking on the position as herd manager just 18 months later.

Nick Alexander, 32, is entering his second year working for Cogent Breeding as a Precision Reproductive Specialist.

Selecting the best females based on genomic testing has resulted in rapid gains at Grosvenor Farms, Cheshire, where top notch management is helping heifers fulfil their genetic potential.

In 1982 Geoff and Kim Bowles moved to the small village of Beckington set on the edge of the Mendip Hills and began farming a small herd of Friesian cows.

Emerging technologies and innovative research methodologies continue to provide dairy producers with new opportunities to improve production efficiency and therefore, profitability.