Young dairy enthusiasts were pleased to be back in the ring again at the All Breeds All Britain Calf Show, held once again at the East of England Showground, Peterborough.

Despite extensive research conducted on transition cow management and nutrition, high rates of metabolic disease still remain.

Farmers are being urged to test the multitude of carbon emission testing tools on offer to find out which are the most reliable.

Milk prices at retail could be raised 10ppl without consumers complaining and with many not even noticing.

A natural decline in both grass growth and cow milk yields in July to September means creep feeding is a no brainer if you want to maintain calf growth rates.

The addition of sodium, selenium and sulphur to nitrogen fertiliser applications has successfully boosted growth rates of freshly weaned lambs by over 17 per cent according to a 2020 study.

From November 2021, sheep, goat and deer keepers will report movements via the Livestock Information Service (LIS), which will replace the current Animal Reporting and Movement Service (ARAMS).

Cattle producers are being urged to change their approach to parasite control as part of a new campaign to help livestock farmers move towards a sustainable, best practice approach. 

Making a realistic assessment of silage stocks and careful planning will be important actions to ensure winter forage supplies will last through to turnout says Dai Lewis, technical commercial manager with Massey Feeds.

There is currently much talk about the benefits of regenerative agriculture and a research project is now looking at how the approach could be adopted on large commercial beef farms. Katie Jones and Hannah Park report.