dairy

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

A dairy business is showing that expansion does not always mean more cows and instead the focus is on driving forwards to get the most from the cows through breeding and the use of technology. Ellie Layton reports.

A plan to increase the milking herd size from 270 to 330 head through replacement breeding is well underway at the Morgan family's Graig Olway Farm

Spring turnout creates many dietary challenges for dairy herds that can result in butterfat depression and fertility issues

It follows years of campaigning from the UK farming unions

I start this column on a high; we have just returned from a skiing holiday in France

Mrs Kirkham's Cheese of Preston said over 40 samples of milk and cheese had been tested since the investigation began with no evidence shown of the E. coli outbreak strain

In a world where dairy gets a bad reputation for greenhouse gas emissions, one West Country producer is managing his herds to be more sustainable

A sharp decline in milk yield can occur for a variety of different reasons, but it should always trigger further investigation

Organic milk has been produced at Lyegrove Farm, Gloucestershire, for almost two decades, with maximising milk from forage a main priority for Mike and Amanda Sainsbury