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Despite guidelines highlighting the importance of colostrum management, too many calves are still failing to receive good quality, clean colostrum.

For the first time farmers are buying more sexed dairy semen than conventional semen, according to a recent AHDB survey of breeding companies.

For Chris and Rachel Knowles a simple system involving once-a-day milking and rotational grazing is producing high quality milk which is in demand from local businesses.

With the warm and wet weather conditions of late proving favourable for bacteria survival, vet Zoe Waterson reminds farmers to be vigilant against environmental mastitis.

Two Derbyshire MPs have accidentally shared confidential information about the proposed badger cull in response to constituents’ questions.

Essential oils have been used for their medicinal and flavouring properties for hundreds of years, but a new market is emerging within the livestock sector in pursuit of a replacement for prophylactic antibiotic therapy.

Male animals that produce sperm carrying only the genetic traits of elite donor animals could hold the key to genetically improving livestock of the future.

Christopher Murley farms in partnership with his two brothers and parents at two neighbouring farms on the western tip of Cornwall. Higher Bojewyan farm has 180 autumn-calving pedigree Jerseys and Levant farm runs 120 spring-calving cows on the 370-acre mostly grass enterprise.

The UK’s ‘Climate Assembly’ has said supporting farmers on their net zero journey should be the number one consideration of Government as it puts together its climate change policy.

Dairy markets have continued to stabilise after the turmoil of the early part of the coronavirus crisis. New figures show dairy products were a lockdown favourite.