Farm visits

In Northern Ireland, Robert set about constructing a new high-tech dairy unit from the ground up, utilising the slurry tanks from the old beef housing. Photos: Chris McCullough

04-11 | Article

Beef farmer converts to dairy with over £1m investment in Northern Ireland

El Rancho farm, owned by Diego Baudrix, is located in Balcarce in Buenos Aires. Photos: El Rancho farm

21-10 | Article

Argentinian dairy farm aims to feed as much grass as possible

Ntsikelelo Baleni is the dairy manager at Morningside Farm in KwaZulu-Natal. As part of the Future Farmers Foundation he did an internship in Australia, adding valuable skills to his resumé. Photos: Judy Stuart

17-10 | Article

Cultivating a skilled dairy farm workforce in South Africa

Rene Durand runs the farm and milks 22 cows with his wife Zoe and son Dominic. Photos: Chris McCullough

25-09 | Article

Swiss dairy farmer gives insights into strict rules for Gruyere cheese

For the past 19 years, Joan Coll Alles has been the ‘l’amo de Binialcala’, or the farmer of Binialcala Farm, situated in the municipality of Es Mercadal. Photos: Chris McCullough

19-09 | Article

Higher costs but slower pace of life milking cows in Menorca

Housed in free stalls, the cows are fed a TMR of corn silage, haylage, brewers grain, canola, distillers grain and ground corn. Photo: Zana van Dijk

19-08 | Article

A family dairy farm making Canada greener

The cows are kept in free-running barns with bunks for each cow. Photos: Aage Krogsdam

12-08 | Article

Producing as an organic milk producer in Denmark

The cows are kept in open camps, not on pasture since tick-borne diseases are too high a threat. A stocking rate of 10m² per cow is maintained. Photos: Lara Venter

18-07 | Article

Quality beats quantity for this South African dairy

Lila Achard during an osteopathy session. Photo: Gaec de la Grosse Roche

01-07 | Article

France: “The farm changes that made our cows more productive”

The number of cows the farm employees needed to handle in some way had increased sixfold, making the work very labour intensive. Photo: Canva

28-05 | News

Farm report: Michigan, US: What it’s like to have bird flu in the dairy herd

Country Focus

What’s new in India, the world’s biggest milk producer

31-10 | Article

China: Raw milk production forecast to increase

22-10 | Article

Changes that reshaped Germany’s dairy sector

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