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With an increased starling population as the winter months set in at risk of eating into total mixed rations and other hard feed stocks on dairy farms, we round up some of the advice on how to effectively control starling numbers. Hannah Park reports.

The cooperative said it was needed at a time of ’significant inflationary pressure impacting on-farm costs and milk production’.

The dairy said it was ’acutely aware of the spiralling costs’ impacting farmers

Delegates gathered in Stratford-upon-Avon for the 2021 Total Dairy conference, where speakers discussed how the dairy industry could build resilience. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

Delegates gathered in Stratford-upon-Avon for the 2021 Total Dairy conference, where speakers discussed how the dairy industry could build resilience. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

The opening paper at this year’s British Mastitis Conference, held at the Sixways Stadium in Worcester, looked at the merits of different diagnostic tools.

It comes as dairy farmers see input costs rise dramatically driving up the cost of production

The carbon intensity index for dairy in Northern Ireland has been slashed over the past two decades. Richard Halleron reports.

Dairy farmers cannot expect any Government help to address the industry’s chronic labour shortages if they remain silent, Royal Association of British Dairy FarmersÌý(RABDF) managing director Matt Knight has warned.Ìý

Salmonella infections can affect adults and youngstock with the potential to cause abortion storms as well as severe and sometime fatal disease in cattle, says Dr Lies Beekhuis. She explains how controlling salmonella infecti