Calving got under way without incident this year at Houghton Lodge and by the end of February we had successfully delivered over 60 per cent of our calvings
Well-known cow man, David Hastings, will take to the centre of the ring at this year's Royal Highland show as inter-breed dairy judge
A group of farmers affected by the collapse of Mona Dairies have come together to offer each other support
A new state-of-the-art lameness detection device designed to visualize daily changes to hoof health, provide early detection of any potential issues and in turn, enable dairy farmers to make the earliest treatment has been launched by automatic footbath specialists Hoofcount
Since coming back to the family farm in 2021, the 2023 BFA Dairy Farmer of the Year Patrick Morris-Eyton has taken his family's dairy business on a journey of expansion, and this journey is far from over
After 13 years of showing at Staffordshire County Show, young breeder Harley Turner, finally took home the sheep inter-breed championship trophy
The importance of getting youngstock off to a good start and achieving efficient production were key themes at a conference organised by Trouw Nutrition and held in Coventry
Feeding pre-weaned dairy calves the right amount of a proven, highly digestible calf milk formula is economically crucial to make the most of early life feed conversion efficiency
Dairy calf rearers can derive a horde of animal health rewards by feeding high quality colostrum for longer and a recent farmer survey shows most farmers are open to the practice if it were shown to be beneficial with adjustments to labour, equipment, and facilities
A small herd of 22 Red Holsteins is producing milk to strict standards to be turned into the world-famous Gruyere cheese