11 January 2025
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Last year, we started first cut on April 18 and managed to do six cuts. On our light soils, 2024 has been an exceptional year for grass growth, the grass only started to give up once for a short period...
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Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres
16 July 2026
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Rising productivity in modern dairy herds can come at a cost, with nutritional stress now a key driver of poor fertility in high yielding herds
15 July 2026
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Income from the sale of milking heifers influences sire selection on a Lincolnshire dairy where functional, medium-sized cows suit the system at Bassingthorpe Holsteins
08 July 2026
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