Content related to the sectors: dairy

3 February 2025

Quarterly dairy market update - Q1 2023

Quarterly summary of dairy market developments

16 May 2022

Thousands have their say on the AHDB levy

Overwhelmingly positive feedback from levy payers

22 May 2024

Meet the Forage for Knowledge contributors - Apie Pieterse

South African Apie Pieterse manages a split-block herd in Nottinghamshire where he has not only learned rotational grazing from scratch, but also honed his skills on heavy land in a dry area.

27 October 2022

Meet the Forage for Knowledge contributors - James Muir

It’s been a tough year for grassland managers. Growing half of his normal dry matter has tested James Muir’s ability to adapt and build resilience into a 400-cow spring-calving business.

11 May 2022

Extension to Dairy Roadmap target deadline

Dairy Roadmap announce an extension to their target for farmers to have completed a carbon audit.

20 February 2024

Higher milk prices, but are they enough?

Are recent milk price increases enough to kick start milk production growth?

2 January 2024

Vegetarian and vegan dish recovery slow

Vegetarian dishes remain the smallest proportion of menus with only 9% share of main meals

20 February 2024

Q1 dairy births see year on year drop

BCMS calf registrations to dairy dams for the first quarter of 2022 (January – March) were at 402,377, down 0.3% from Q1 2021.

5 March 2025

Bank of England’s decision to raise interest rates – what does this mean for our industry?

5 May 2022

Working with partners to maximise use of organic materials

The requirements for organic manure use on grassland and tillage land under the Farming Rules for Water have been clarified by new statutory guidance.

2 January 2024

Shrinkflation – The Consumer View

80% of UK shoppers have noticed shrinkflation happening in retail in the last 12 months

20 February 2024

Powder purchases drive China’s Q1 dairy imports

Chinese demand influences the global dairy markets, and demand for powder imports saw an uplift in the first quarter of this year.