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The sheer power of today’s computers is allowing umpteen years of NMR milk records to be used as predictors of not only pregnancy but disease as well, including TB. Peter Hollinshead talks to NMR managing director Andy Warne about this breakthrough.

How camera technology is allowing a block calving dairy farm to reduce labour costs in the calving period.

This month, Roger Evans tells us about how lockdown has curtailed his over-the-hedge inspections of his neighbour’s activities, and how at home he is waging war on the profusion of docks and nettles.

We all want fresh calved cows to get off to a flying start, and now the latest research is showing the combination of calcium with rehydration supplements can be beneficial. Trouw Nutrition’s Isabelle England tells us more.

After years of trial work, the major US cattle breeding organisation STgenetics has announced its world first of a feed efficiency prediction. Peter Hollinshead talks to CEO Juan Moreno.

Above all, dairy farmers in Australia need a good supply of water to run a farm successfully, and this can prove difficult as drought conditions and water rights can be major barriers.

The usefulness of the humble milk record is on the verge of an explosion, paving the way for a new era of instant TB testing and much more.

Newcastle University is turning the lower yielding portion of its 300-cow herd over to Longhorn breeding as part of a newly launched scheme to provide ‘heritage’ beef.