Dairy

9 July 2021

Self-feeding silage saves labour, power and machinery costs while delivering a simple, sustainable way to get forage into cows by just moving an electric wire once a day. First developed in the 1950s, self-feed had a 1970s revival and today is increasingly being seen as the cost-effective winter feeding method for autumn block-calving herds.

12 July 2021

Find out about our commitment to increasing children's understanding of where and how their food is grown, reared and produced.

30 January 2024

GDT price index falls by 3.6% as global supplies build

30 January 2024

What impact are semen sales expected to have on the number of calves being born in the dairy herd over the coming months?

30 January 2024

Dairy manufacturers have seen price inflation in most of their key inputs, pressuring margins

6 July 2021

Tony Evans, Senior Farm Business Consultant at The Andersons Centre considers the cost benefit of self-feeding, how to transition cows, which system self-feed is best suited to and how to adopt the right mindset.

David Ball, AHDB Senior Manager for Environment & Buildings, highlights the important environmental considerations of a self-feeding silage clamp.

6 July 2021

David Ball, AHDB Senior Manager for Environment & Buildings, highlights what you need to consider when constructing a self-feeding silage clamp.

22 November 2021

Find out the advantages and limitations of self-feed and easy-feed silage.

22 April 2025

The Sustainable Farming Incentive is a new government scheme that rewards environmental land management. Find out more about the new policy and keep checking back for updates as the scheme develops.

30 January 2024

In June, we saw global grain markets decline as more favourable weather started to ease new-crop supply concerns.

30 June 2021

Sales of sexed dairy semen have doubled over the last two years according to our recent survey.