Dairy
With systems ranging from extensive grazing to fully housed and from high yielding to low yielding, dairy farmers in Wales take multiple approaches to producing milk.
If done well, it is possible for each system to make money.
In this section:
Managing and controlling disease and ensuring animal health and welfare is the most effective way to maintain or increase productivity from livestock.
Grazed grass is the cheapest and most efficient form of feed on the farm. If you manage it well: production and utilization of grass could be increased significantly, inputs can be decreased, production costs can be reduced and profit margins will increase
On-farm projects and trials focus on, the integration of new technology and/or new approaches to management. Raising standards of on-farm efficiency by decreasing inputs and increasing outputs with the aim of looking at ways to increase profitability
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