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Latest Government figures show the average dairy incomes for the year ending February 2024 are just £50,000 compared to £229,000 in 2022/3. Photo: Canva
19-03 | News

Income figures paint stark picture for English dairy sector

Stocking rate – top performers tend to have significantly higher numbers of cows per hectare (2.2GLU/ha compared with 1.8GLU/ha): Photo: Hans Prinsen
27-02 | News

Characteristics of top-performing dairy herds in England

Calves receiving insufficient, high-quality colostrum in the correct timeframe will suffer from Failure of Passive Transfer (FPT) and have been shown to be more susceptible to disease and poorer performance in terms of daily live weight gains. Photo: Hans Prinsen
22-02 | News

UK: New calf test wins top innovation award

RABDF Chair Robert Craig, left, congratulates Bisterne Farm's George Brown and James Dunning, with NMR MD Mark Frankcom. Photo Chris McCullough
15-02 | News

Crossbred dairy herd in England wins coveted Gold Cup award

The announcement has been welcomed by the farming community. Tom Bradshaw, NFU deputy president, said the expansion of PCR testing was a significant step. Photo: Mark Pasveer
13-02 | News

UK gov widens scope of PCR testing for bovine TB

Last year, the UK exported £198.1 million of food to Canada, with cheese being one of the top two products. Photo: Canva
07-02 | News

Food safety measures row halts UK-Canada free trade talks

Annual trends in herd health from 2010 to 2023 show that 70% of herds had a SCC below 200,000 in the year ending August 2023 compared to just 26% in 2010 – an improvement of 44%. Photo: Canva
29-01 | News

UK dairy: Impressive improvements in SCC and fertility

The UK government has funded £3.3million to research clover use at the National Plant Phenomics Centre, IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Photo: Vince Jones - Whole Picture
24-01 | News

UK gov funds research to unlock clover potential for livestock

“Our GreenFeed units allow us to undertake robust and practical research that can be used by farmers to ensure that a product that they may wish to use on their farm has data to demonstrate its effect on methane production, is safe and ultimately cost-effective,” said Professor Liam Sinclair, Director of the Animal Science Research Centre at Harper Adams. Photo: Canva
17-01 | News

UK gov support: Monitoring methane in individual cows

Michael Eavis is no stranger to the competition, having been a previous winner in 2014, but the Worthy Farm holding has changed considerably in the past decade to the adoption of new technology. Photo: Matt Cardy
12-01 | News

In the running to win prestigious UK dairy competition