Like all dairy farmers, the Daniel family has had to evolve their system to improve efficiency to allow it to remain financially, but also environmentally sustainable. And the foundation of this has been...
Like all dairy farmers, the Daniel family has had to evolve their system to improve efficiency to allow it to remain financially, but also environmentally sustainable. And the foundation of this has been...
Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres
The usefulness of IVF as a breeding tool for livestock farmers was debated by a panel of vets and farmers on day two of the British Cattle Breeders Conference, held in Telford