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Premier Nutrition’s Transition Management System is helping farmers and feed advisers improve cow health and production by evaluating performance during the transition period (30 days pre-calving to 30 days post-calving).

The Roundelm Herd, based in Elmore, Gloucestershire, is achieving increased fertility rates and finding it easier to manage transition as a result of installing the SenseHub herd monitoring system from Allflex Livestock Intelligence.

‘The cow is the customer’, believes farmer Stephen Cope, of Bawhill 51AVÊÓƵat Adderley, Shropshire. This philosophy is what has led Stephen Cope to take a holistic, integrated and data-driven approach to running his herd.

Using data from its Transition Management System, Premier Nutrition has developed a series of key targets for transition including ‘alarm rates’ when action is urgently called for.

A skilled and professional workforce is vital for a thriving, competitive and confident UK dairy sector.

The launch of the Government’s second Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill has failed to consider the availability and capacity of UK abattoirs, National Sheep Association chief executive Phil StockerÌýhas warned.

On this mission we all share towards net zero carbon, two critical questions are ‘where to start?’ and ‘in which direction?’, writes former cowman and agri-marketing contractor Phil Christopher.

The industry’s updated Dairy Roadmap will help to demonstrate that dairy is part of a sustainable and nutritious diet in light of evolving environmental and climate policy, farm groups have said.

Van Dairy was at the centre of controversy following claims of breaching animal health and welfare as well as environmental regulations. By Bruce Jobson.

AHDB analysis showed the milk price to feed ratio was at a level which historically led to producers cutting back or quitting dairy