Content related to the sectors: dairy

30 August 2022

Flying the flag for red meat and dairy in Singapore

We'll be in Singapore next week to meet red meat and dairy buyers from around the world

14 January 2025

Analyst insight: Industry at risk as CF close Billingham

Yesterday afternoon, CF Industries announced that they will ‘temporarily halt’ production of ammonia at their Billingham site, citing uneconomical market conditions as the reason for closure.

20 February 2024

UK cheese exports see some recovery from Brexit drop-off

The latest UK trade data shows cheese exports in Q2 2022 were up on the year, the only dairy category to have seen an increase.

2 January 2024

Discounters have highest ever share as shoppers trade down stores

Discounters have bounced back, and they now have the highest ever share of grocery, which is expected to increase further as the cost-of-living crisis leads more cash-strapped shoppers to the discount market

22 August 2022

When big is not beautiful

Farmers and geneticists are united in the aim to reduce the size of Holstein cows

2 January 2024

Canned meat and UHT milk set for cost-of-living renaissance?

Will canned meat and UHT milk grow as households look for ways to ease financial pressures?

22 May 2024

Limited rollout of Local Nature Recovery Scheme to begin in 2023

An early version of the Local Nature Recovery Scheme will be available for a limited number of farmers and land managers from 2023, with the wider rollout expected at the end of 2024.

20 February 2024

GB milk production matches 5 year low in July

GB milk production totalled 1,025 million litres in July, equal to the five-year low from 2018

11 August 2022

Planning for silage quality for dry cows

Strategic dairy farm host, Matt Jackson, runs a spring block-calving herd of 300 cross-bred cows at Penllech Bach in North Wales.

26 April 2024

Prioritising youngstock housing is the future

Calves are the future of the herd and their health and performance have a, sometimes hidden, impact on the performance of the whole business.

10 August 2022

The modern-day space race

Increasing cow space is beneficial to milk production and behaviour of housed dairy cows while also improving cow comfort, a recent AHDB funded trial has found.

10 August 2022

How to build farm business resilience

John and Anna Booth from Rhual Dairy and Oliver Hall, Senior Farm Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre, discuss how their team can ensure they are managing a resilient business.