Content related to the topic: dairy

29 April 2024

How we can cut dairy emissions without cutting down on dairy

Reducing the worlds population of dairy cows doesn't have to mean less dairy for consumers

15 February 2024

Healthy calves, healthy profit

John and Anna Booth from Rhual Dairy, joined by Dr Robert Hyde from the University of Nottingham, share their experience of improving calf health.

2 September 2020

AHDB pledges to reform in response to request for views

We’ve listened to you, our levy payers, and recognise the importance for change.

24 August 2020

Getting the most out of automatic calf feeders

Join AHDB for a webinar looking at how the use of technology can aid disease detection and support efficient management of young calves. A recent AHDB funded project, run by SRUC in association with Blade farming, used various types of technology to determine if they could detect disease sooner than the stockman alone.

14 May 2024

Establishing and growing clover

Read our advice to help you learn how to establish and grow clover.

1 May 2025

Using medicines responsibly in livestock

Learn about using medicines responsibly and environmental considerations.

7 April 2026

Health and efficiency improve across dairy breeds

An exceptional package of health traits sees young sire VJ Husted Splash Sultan reassert his lead in AHDB's young genomic Jersey rankings.

20 August 2025

Vikings excel at top of the Jersey rankings

In the AHDB Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) rankings for the Jersey breed, VJ Outrup Luxi Luxplus (PLI £472) climbs into number one position.

2 December 2025

New genomic Jersey list highlights young sires

All appears to have changed amongst Jersey sires in the December AHDB rankings, but this reflects a switch of focus to young bulls with genomic indexes, which are now widely used by UK farmers.

2 December 2025

Spring Calving Index brings choice across the breeds

Those using the recommended Spring Calving Index (£SCI), which has been updated this month by AHDB, will find plenty of choice across the Jersey and black and white breeds.

21 August 2025

Clean sweep by AltaSeverus for seasonal calving herds

Exceptional daughter health and high-quality milk production have earned the newly proven bull, Peak AltaSeverus, number one position for both seasonal calving indexes – Autumn Calving Index (£ACI) and Spring Calving Index (£SCI) – in the AHDB genetic evaluations, published this week.

7 April 2026

Bulls ranked on new £SCI show production efficiency

The April release of AHDB's dairy genetic evaluations is the first using the updated Spring Calving Index model and the revisions have produced a shake‑up at the top