dairy diversification

Any thoughts and ideas to a 60 cow dairy on approx 65-70 acres, on a low input low output system (grazed on herbal leys in summer, housed and fed bale silage in winter). A majority of milk sold wholesale, and some sold at the farm gate. How much rent would you be paying per acre for a small...

Operating in a similar way to an overdraft and on more competitive terms, it allows farmers to draw down from their approved credit limit and transfer money instantly into their main bank account to pay back when it suits their cashflow, with a minimum repayment of 5% per month plus interest...

The dairy sector faces significant change in the years ahead, given a combination of the road to net zero, removal of Basic Payments and introduction of new environmental schemes. Throw in aging infrastructure, limited labour availability and the need for succession planning and there’s a lot...

Operating in a similar way to an overdraft and on more competitive terms, it allows farmers to draw down from their approved credit limit and transfer money instantly into their main bank account to pay back when it suits their cashflow, with a minimum repayment of 5% per month plus interest...

Hi, we are looking at setting up a milk vending machine and just want some advice if anyone has done it before. We want to know where to begin and any hurdles that people have come across or anything that they didn't expect. We have thought of a couple of locations, one of these is a large layby...