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Dairy farmer, Andrew Gilman has introduced a range of measures to help reduce emissions from his 280-cow herd. Jonathan Wheeler finds out more.

The size of the spring flush will be the key factor for milk prices in the UK later this year, with global dairy markets also under pressure.

Multiple factors from mob grazing to trace element deficiencies can cause a spike in somatic cell counts (SCCs) at turnout, but with planning and attention to detail, these can be avoided. Debbie James reports.

I recently attended the NFU 2023 Conference in Birmingham. I went feeling slightly nervous and apprehensive about what was going to be said about the industry’s future. But I know the organisation will work its hardest to the ensure the industry has the best chance for a strong and positive future.

Dairy farmers will have to weather prices falling further throughout spring before any hope of stabilisation later in the year.

Genosource Captain now tops of the ranking for daughter-proven Holstein sires in the AHDB evaluations published this week.

First Milk drops May milk price 3.40ppl which takes First Milk’s price below 40ppl from May 1 dairy prices British cooperative

The young sire, Wilra SSI Faneca Ebersol, who made his debut on the genomic sires ranking last December, retains his number one position at the top of the new Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) ranking.

From 2025 UK cattle farmers could be required by the Government to feed their stock methane suppressants in a bid to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and hit net zero by 2050.