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Dairy Talk - Gemma Smale-Rowland: "The winter routine is dragging now"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Gemma Smale-Rowland: "The winter routine is dragging now"

Let's start with the record-breaking news, although I'm not sure that knowing that February had the highest rainfall in 250 years is the sort of record we want to be hearing about

clock 24 March 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Ian Garnett - "I am not sure how we are going to achieve a sustainable food supply"

In your field

In your field: Ian Garnett - "I am not sure how we are going to achieve a sustainable food supply"

Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are homereared and cows are on a composite system. Ian is a representative for Sainsbury’s Dairy Development Group and sits on the AHDB Genetics Advisory Forum

clock 24 March 2024 • 3 min read
Crop area drops as weather woes continue for arable and livestock farmers

Weather

Crop area drops as weather woes continue for arable and livestock farmers

clock 22 March 2024 • 3 min read
Warm, wet winters spark call for greater crop reslience, say scientists

Arable

Warm, wet winters spark call for greater crop reslience, say scientists

Researchers warn farmers should prepare for 'clear warming weather trend' amid climate change

clock 22 March 2024 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

Weather

From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 22)

clock 21 March 2024 • 2 min read
Implications of wet winter on first cut silage planning

Livestock

Implications of wet winter on first cut silage planning

High rainfall and saturated fields mean the timing of slurry application and first-cut silage will be a challenge for many grassland farmers this year

clock 19 March 2024 • 2 min read
Options to extend silage stocks

Livestock

Options to extend silage stocks

With turnout delayed across the country and silage stocks running down, looking at ways to extend silage stocks until cows can go out is now important on some farms

clock 18 March 2024 • 2 min read
Apply foliar nutrition to sugar beet sooner rather than later, advises agronomist

Arable

Apply foliar nutrition to sugar beet sooner rather than later, advises agronomist

Heavy rainfall has disrupted seedbeds which could potentially stall sugar beet

clock 15 March 2024 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Supermarkets should leave warm words on the shelf and put them into action"

Blogs

From the editor: "Supermarkets should leave warm words on the shelf and put them into action"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 14)

clock 14 March 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "The children asked some great questions"

Farm Life

In your field: Alan Carter - "The children asked some great questions"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 13 March 2024 • 3 min read