Search our website enhanced by Google.
Dairy
26 May 2021
Rumen development is stimulated by concentrates and water, so it’s important to get the calf eating calf starter and drinking water from day one.
14 July 2021
With many animals across the country being – or soon to be – turned out, let’s take a look at how grass growth has been performing in 2021 so far.
29 November 2021
On 17 March 2021, John and Anna Booth from Rhual Dairy and technical speaker Jon Swain and Jonathon Sandercock from NFU Energy took part in a webinar focusing on improving energy efficiency and reducing electricity consumption and costs. Here, you can find the full list of questions along with Jon's and John & Anna's answers, taken from the webinar.
30 January 2024
Butterfat and protein content in the new season are both expected to be similar to 2020/21, based on our latest projections.
18 December 2024
Enables farmers to find bulls that breed healthier cows that can stay in the herd for longer
.JPG?v=637780255950000000)
27 April 2021
Join us for this webinar to explore how to make the most from your buildings at calving with strategic dairy farmer Tim Downes from The Farm in Shropshire.
7 April 2021
With at least an estimated 85% of the area of a field covered every year by tractor tyres, the potential impact of compaction from machinery on yield can be significant.
30 January 2024
Despite shocking scenes of livestock trapped in floodwater, the overall impact on Australian milk production is expected to be small.
17 July 2024
Gestation Length Index provides a prediction of gestation length for a bull’s calves.
30 January 2024
GB milk production could reach nearly 12.75bn litres by the 2023/24 season, our estimates suggest.
30 January 2024
UK ex-farm wheat prices backed off in March, following a weakening in global grain markets. UK spot feed wheat was quoted at £199.10/t, down £3.00/t from last month (18 Feb-25 Mar), in the week ending 25 March.
30 March 2021
Tim Rycroft has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).