First Milk has reported an increase in profits and turnover as it benefits from its acquisition of BV Dairy in February 2024. The dairy saw a 20% increase in turnover year on year to £570 million, which...
First Milk has reported an increase in profits and turnover as it benefits from its acquisition of BV Dairy in February 2024. The dairy saw a 20% increase in turnover year on year to £570 million, which...
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
Rising productivity in modern dairy herds can come at a cost, with nutritional stress now a key driver of poor fertility in high yielding herds
Income from the sale of milking heifers influences sire selection on a Lincolnshire dairy where functional, medium-sized cows suit the system at Bassingthorpe Holsteins