Dairy & Beef

Working to the conditions of the land was a top priority for Cornish farmer Tom Jones, who is hopeful that a new milking system will reduce the farm’s milking time to 2.5 hours. Meanwhile, for Welsh farmers Leo and Giles Rowland, reliability and technology were top of the list when they installed the UK’s first Centrus Composite Rotary System.

A leading Welsh dairy co-operative has delivered a record year with operating profits of £3.4 million on sales of £61.5 million.

The collective findings of the carbon footprints of 1,964 UK dairy farms have been released by the farmer owned cooperative Arla Foods as it reveals how its farmers are using data to drive down the carbon footprint of its milk.

Complaints about the AHDB’s ‘We Eat Balanced’ advertising campaign have not been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.

As the case of Geronimo the alpaca makes headlines and stirs national sympathy, Farmers Guide takes a look at the mental health impacts bTB has on the UK’s farmers every single day.

AHDB Dairy has announced the launch of two new genetic indexes this August, to help farmers reach net zero.

The latest reporting figures from AHDB are showing a mixed picture across livestock, with cattle on the rise, pigs remaining stable, and sheep taking a decline.

Farmers and farming groups have responded to recent comments made by Ethan Brown, owner of the world’s largest plant-based ‘meat’ alternatives company.

Producers can now benefit from easier access to competitive Approved TB Dedicated Sales platforms for cattle from Approved Finishing Units (AFUs), following lengthy negotiations between the Livestock Auctioneers’ Association (LAA), Defra and the Animal & Plant Health Agency and their vets.

A digital dairy project aiming to create 600 new jobs in South-West Scotland and Cumbria has been awarded more than £21 million of funding.

Breedr, the free herd management app for farmers, has traded more than £1.85m worth of cattle since launching its trading platform just four months ago.

The NFU and the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) have teamed up to issue advice for members about the problems caused by a lack of labour in the food supply chain.