Farm visit

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”

Land surrounding the Foundation Farm has been overgrazed due to poor management. Barry Schiever has kept his soil healthy and productive by increasing organic carbon. Photos: Lindi Botha
22-01 | Article

Striving for a balance for high milk production

Jersey crosses are bred to provide animals that are ideally suited to the Glentana farm. Photos: Lindi Botha
13-12-2023 | Article

Taking efficiency further by eliminating dairy cow manure collection

When the cows comes in from summer grazing to the barn, they are given approximately 1 tonne of wholeseed for the first month, after which they are fed with grass silage. Photos supplied.
10-11-2023 | Article

What it takes to manage 200 organic dairy cows in Denmark

Nathalie and Jean-Louis Mairet among grazing cows. Photo: Gaec Mairet family
05-10-2023 | Article

French farm achieves higher milk price from milk robots

Schrijver says he is very dedicated to improving the Canadian dairy industry. “It means a lot to me to leave a good industry to the next generation of dairy farmers.” Photo: Gert Schrijver
22-09-2023 | Article

Dutch farmer dedicated to improving dairy in Canada

The new barn houses 112 cubicles and calving pens. Photo: Chris McCullough
02-05-2023 | Article

Danish dairy farmer uses only locally-grown protein

The farm set-up is fully linked to grazing. Around the buildings there are 145 hectares of grazing land. Photo: Henk Riswick
13-03-2023 | Article

Shrink or expand – it’s all about the return on Irish dairy farm

Photo: Canva
13-01-2022 | Article

2021 travels: 10 exciting dairy farm visits around the globe