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South Caernarfon Creameries has bounced back from the Covid-19 pandemic, reporting profits of £4.1 million and a 17 per cent increase in sales to a £71.5m in the year to March 2022.

When rearing all your own replacement heifers within a closed herd, the team at the University of Edinburgh’s Langhill 51AVÊÓƵsays it is particularly important calves get off to a good start.

Dairy, beef and sheep farmers are being encouraged to record their on-farm antibiotic use via Medicine Hub, either via their vet or individually.

With the aim of making their ice cream the ‘greenest in the world’, producing a highly efficient milking herd is a top priority for the team at Mackie’s, in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.

Through better calf rearing facilities and the initiation of early life vaccination against pneumonia, the Hann family has seen significant improvements in the health and well-being of the calves in their pedigree Holstein herd at Rodden Down, Frome, Somerset.

With rising costs and the need to be carbon conscious, breeding productive, efficient and profitable dairy cattle has never been so paramount.

Jasmine Underwood, 18, is from Bruton, Somerset, and works as a dairy farmer in Wells, Somerset.

An 867-mile spin bike cycle has been organised in honour of former Holstein UK chief executive Sue Cope to raise money for Brain Tumour Research.Ìý

Overall milk volumes across Wales could be slashed by more than a quarter as farmers seek to comply with new water regulations due to come into force in January 2023.

The RSPCA has urged the UK and Welsh Governments to ban the export of non-stunned meat, but industry has warned doing so could lead buyers to switch suppliers without changing their practices.