During a series of joint Farming Connect and AHDB Dairy meetings across Wales, facilitated by Jamie McCoy, Dairy Technical Officer at Farming Connect, it was calculated that the cost of replacing a staff member in a £30,000 a year role can be...
As Brexit and its implications are debated daily by politicians and business people throughout the world, there is one thing everyone is broadly agreed upon! We are entering...
Cutting the rate of new clinical mastitis cases reduces antibiotic use and helps dairy farm save £55,000 a year.
A WELSH dairy farm is saving a staggering £55,000 a year on cases of clinical mastitis, compared to a few years...
SIMPLE steps to make milking more efficient could save you time and money. A Farming Connect Focus Site project at Ffosyficer, Abercych, focusing on issues such as regularly calibrating milking equipment has highlighted possible savings of £30,000 a year.
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There are a diverse range of dairy farmers in this group who have the common aim and objective of trying to improve herd fertility performance. Poor dairy fertility is the most common inefficiency on dairy units and has a direct...
Simple milking parlour adjustments costing just 50p a cow are helping a Pembrokeshire dairy farming partnership improve teat hygiene and milk quality, and reduce annual concentrate costs by up to £30,345.
The Harris family milk 350 Holstein Friesian grazing-type cows...
Heidi Curtis has set her sights on being a successful farmer. Whether this ambitious young woman achieves that by helping develop her parent’s 200 acre dairy enterprise at Higher Kinnerton in Flintshire or by looking for work further afield remains to...
A Ceredigion farming family is challenging the traditional pathway of progression in the Welsh dairy sector. Arwel and Mary Davies and their son, Hywel, who milk 400 Holstein Friesians on three holdings, are offering a joint venture opportunity through Farming...
VOLATILITY in the dairy sector has had a significant effect on businesses in the last few years and looks set to continue as global market forces influence the UK market. In order to safeguard your business against volatility it is...
