Content related to the sectors: dairy

1 December 2022

Managing people – getting the best from your team

There’s lots to think about when you’re managing people. How can you communicate and delegate effectively, how can you track performance and what about inspiring, motivating and rewarding your people? Farming is a busy, task-based environment where managing people well can easily slip to the bottom of the priority list. Watch this webinar to find out how to better manage your people.

1 December 2022

Recruiting people – how to become an employer of choice

Recruiting the right people can help a farming business succeed but, for busy farmers, recruiting can be time consuming at best and frustrating at worst.  This webinar will give you helpful recruitment guidance and insights with Cheshire dairy farmer, Stephen Cookson, and Lucy McClymont of Kite Consulting.

1 December 2022

Onboarding people – getting off to the right start

Onboarding is more than a box ticking exercise. Beyond meeting the legalities of training, compliance and accreditation, onboarding can also help win hearts and minds, carve a strong direction of travel and create one, cohesive team. This webinar will give you helpful onboarding guidance and insights with East Fife farmer, David Bell and Maree Moore of Coca Cola.

2 January 2024

Winter warmers and treats for Halloween this year

Which categories bewitched consumers and which failed to cast a spell?

30 November 2022

Roundup of Cattle Hoofcare Standards Board conference

Nick Bell gives a roundup of the Cattle Hoofcare Standards Board conference, held at Hatherley Manor on 30 September 2022.

1 December 2022

The dynamics of lameness prevalence

Whilst mobility scoring gives us a snapshot of how many cows are lame at the time, a single score doesn’t tell us what’s happening to that prevalence figure.

20 February 2024

Milking herd has smallest contraction since 2017

The GB milking herd totalled 1.66 million head, a contraction of 13,500 head (0.8%) on October 2021.

29 January 2025

AHDB foot health resources

In addition to the materials and resources available exclusively to Mobility Mentors, AHDB publish a number of excellent resources to support delivery of foot health training and on-farm advice, says Nick Bell.

28 November 2022

Making EDPET Work

The Graig Olway Team with Alan Colebatch (Fully Audited CHCSB Member) and Sara Pedersen (Farm Dynamics Ltd)

15 November 2023

Does my carbon have a value? Yes, it does

The benefits of building carbon stocks and reducing greenhouse gases

2 January 2024

Further price rises pose a threat to meat and dairy demand

Economics dictates that as a general rule, as prices rise, consumers demand less of that good. However, with food being an essential good there is less scope to reduce that demand.

3 March 2023

Carbon markets - why should I care and what is their value?

How environmental sustainability will affect farm businesses