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Good hygiene and colostrum management are the corner stones of controlling cryptosporidiosis infections in calves.

The out-wintering of livestock on fodder crops has long been a wintering strategy used by beef and sheep enterprises. But as winter housing costs are looming and silage rations are being opened, fodder crops may also be an option for dairy systems.

When abortions occur, it is important to understand what is causing them and how these problems can be avoided.

At an AHDB calf management meeting, vet Ali Haggarty discussed the importance of rumen development in achieving a successful weaning process. Katie Fallon reports.

A number of on-farm actions, each driving incremental change, will be required to meet industry net zero targets and Arla are looking at the impact protein efficiency has on yield and environmental performance.

Dairy farmers need to figure out what arrangements suited their individual circumstances if they wanted to have a secure future, according to Promar’s Andrew Suddes.

The Aireburn herd from Skipton, North Yorkshire, has been crowned as the winner of the 2022 Holstein UK National Premier Herd Award.

Rather than look at historic data coming out of dairy herds, Adam Clay, head of technical at NWF, said farmers should instead look at what ‘lead measures’ could be taken advantage of this winter.

Dairy farmers should be ‘massively proud’ of what they do every day and of the quality of food they produce, said John Allen, of Kite Consulting, speaking at one of the UK Dairy Day panel sessions.

The number of animals slaughtered due to bovine TB in England has fallen by 20 per cent, according to the latest Government figures.