Dairy Farmer
Livestock
With the warm and wet weather conditions of late proving favourable for bacteria survival, vet Zoe Waterson reminds farmers to be vigilant against environmental mastitis.
17 September 2020
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4 min read
Farm Life
Christopher Murley farms in partnership with his two brothers and parents at two neighbouring farms on the western tip of Cornwall. Higher Bojewyan farm has 180 autumn-calving pedigree Jerseys and Levant farm runs 120 spring-calving cows on the 370-acre mostly grass enterprise.
16 September 2020
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4 min read
Dairy
Public visits to dairy farms during lockdown have all ceased, but milking cows carries on regardless. Chris McCullough looks at how one organic farm in Denmark is coping during the crisis.
27 August 2020
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3 min read
Livestock
The commercial Holstein herd at Roadhead Farm, Quothquan, South Lanarkshire, had progressed to 500 cows by 2003 when Geoff Hewitt decided to start his on-farm mill and mix facility.
26 August 2020
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7 min read
Livestock
This year we have all become living history, an integral part of events which will be analysed for many years to come.
24 August 2020
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5 min read
Livestock
A leaked Government document shows a badger cull could go ahead in Derbyshire this autumn.
15 August 2020
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2 min read
Livestock
Calves from the 320-head British Friesian herd at Thornington Farm continue as the farm’s own heifer replacements, go for dairy beef or to other suckler herds.
11 August 2020
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4 min read
Livestock
The Neill family from Thornington Farm, Northumberland, milks 320 British Friesian cows and has invested heavily in the dairy enterprise over the past decade.
08 August 2020
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6 min read
