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Being aware of the factors influencing puberty and how a heifer’s oestrus cycle works is key to successful heifer fertility, explains Jenny Bellini and Rob Hall, of LLM 51AVÊÓƵVets. Katie Fallon reports.

A simplified licence enabling English farmers and landowners to vaccinate badgers has been introduced to help in the fight against bovine tuberculosis, the Government has announced.

Dan Burdett and his family own and run the 300-hectare (741-acre) Cockhaise Farm, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex. The farm is home to an organic autumn-calving herd of 240 Holstein and Friesian crosses. He also contract farms another organic autumn-calving herd of 220 cows at Bore Place near Edenbridge, Kent.

It is the simple system at Nerewater 51AVÊÓƵwhich has allowed Richard Bell to lead the national British Friesian rankings in the National Milk Records’ annual production report for the last five years. Katie Fallon reports.

Bovine tuberculosis remains one of the ‘main threats’ to Welsh farming, according to a report published by a Senedd committee.

A Ukrainian dairy farmer has vowed to rebuild his business after Russian soldiers killed 110 of his animals and damaged his farm near Chernihiv. Chris McCullough reports.

The co-operative said the ’significant increase’ in farmgate milk price will allow many farmers to make longer term operating and supply-chain decisions.

Becky Fenton and husband Paul milk 180 pedigree Holsteins under the Springlebee prefix at Centenary Farm, a Cheshire county council farm. In 2021, they bought a farm in Staffordshire and they plan to farm there once the new dairy set-up has been built.

With the liver having a vital role in supplying energy to the cow, paying close attention to liver function is crucial

With the liver having a vital role in supplying energy to the cow, paying close attention to liver function is crucial