Cream prices have risen sharply, climbing to £1.55 to £1.60/kg by the end of the first week in March. Butter prices also moved higher, reaching €4,800 to €4,900/tonne, with UK prices around £4,000 and...
Cream prices have risen sharply, climbing to £1.55 to £1.60/kg by the end of the first week in March. Butter prices also moved higher, reaching €4,800 to €4,900/tonne, with UK prices around £4,000 and...
Ifan Roberts is a new entrant who has established a contract farming agreement milking 500 block calving cows in Cheshire, and is aiming to improve the land farmed, encourage others to participate in the industry and deliver attractive returns to his stakeholders
Livestock specialist Katie Fallon looks at Defra's proposed consultation for extending environmental permitting to the cattle sector
Faced with limited opportunity for herd expansion, the Irwin family have turned to improving milk quality in their autumn-calving Redhouse Holsteins herd