Running a housed dairy herd can be expensive but by maximising every cubicle place a Welsh family farm is protecting its profit margins
I have recently been helping to chair the British Grassland Society Summer walks across Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex. I cannot help but think that activities like this are just the tonic most farmers need
I don't quite know where to start this month; the weather, milk prices, milk contract legislation or the new Government
Smaller farms producing lower volumes have been impacted by the decision by the dairy giant
But it is not all doom and gloom as report reveals increase in herd size, improved animal health and milk yields
Arla Food's UK agricultural director Paul Dover said with Government backing, 'our farmers who work tirelessly to produce our food, can also help secure the future of our energy'
At long last we are enjoying some warm, dry weather here in Somerset. We have been lucky enough to grab some weather windows to do our first and second cuts on our Italian lays, and our first cut on everything else
Achieving optimal efficiency in the pre-weaning period is key to reducing heifer rearing costs and improving herd sustainability
This month Roger Evans talks about some of the latest agricultural technology and also discusses an icon of the dairy farming world; the scraper tractor