dairy

This week's Farmers Guardian podcast is part one of Charlotte Ashley's transition into the dairy sector

Under the new recommendations farmers will be able to choose to delay the removal of a cow or heifer in the last 60 days of pregnancy and animals that have given birth in the previous 7 days, subject to biosecurity conditions to protect other cattle in the herd

High quality silage is a high energy, palatable and digestible forage which can provide a significant proportion of the nutritional needs of a high yielding dairy cow.

NFU President Tom Bradshaw said: "The success of the bTB eradication strategy is dependent on a range of methods to tackle the disease, including badger vaccination, responsible cattle movements and badger control"

Graham’s Family Dairy, Scotland’s largest independent dairy, has seen an increase in sales of cottage cheese equivalent to the weight of two million kilograms per year

With dairies announcing unusual milk price rises for May, Cedric Porter takes a look at the milk markets

Caitlin Townley, 20, is an agricultural student at Harper Adams University. She is from Lancaster in Lancashire.

A new event showcased the variety of careers in the dairy sector. Farmers Guardian reports

The Brown family's tenant farm in Derbyshire has its own ice cream parlour, cafe, and play park, with its latest attraction the ‘Cow Palace' proving a hit among visitors, with hourly milking demonstrations using a robot