Heat stress is one of the most challenging stressors on dairy cow production, compromising milk yield and quality and overall profitability
Seymour Stevens Limited is a mixed beef and arable farm in Faversham, Kent
For the Bayley family, changes to the accommodation for their housed herd of cows was made necessary after issues with heat stress in 2022
Identifying and addressing lameness pinch points as part of a structured review has helped one dairy farming family reduce cases by almost half
Managing the risk factors associated with mycoplasma bovis is key to controlling the disease on-farm and protecting naive youngstock
Ensuring medicines are administered at the right time and at the right dosage could help reduce medicine costs on-farm
Dairy farmers are encouraged to understand the signs and symptoms of Schmallenburg within dairy herds amid UK outbreak
Bovine TB continues to affect herds across the country, and with turnout approaching, we look at ways farmers can manage the risk
Managing lameness is an all-year-round task, with care needed to ensure problems do not arise when cattle are at grass
Recent studies have shown there is a strong link between genetics and lameness within dairy cattle.