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My brother is set to retire this year so I'm starting to look at taking someone on full-time (50hrs a week). Ideally whom is experienced and competent, for a general mixture of dairy farm work; Alone milking, tractor driving, calf rearing etc. No...
THIS IS NOT A JOB ADVERT, ADVICE NEEDED!
My brother is set to retire this year so I'm starting to look at taking someone on full-time (50hrs a week). Ideally whom is experienced and competent, for a general mixture of dairy farm work; Alone milking, tractor driving, calf rearing etc. No...
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 Guys, I am newbie here. I am from South East Asia region, I do farming along with livestock dairy cows. I have heard about herbal leys. I am not sure whether it will grow here, I have done soil sampling, have sent it to lab and waiting for the results. I would like to grow herbal leys, make...
Lallemand Animal Nutrition is offering a free rumen efficiency investigation (REI) to help dairy farmers better understand rumen health and forage digestibility within their herd.
It is recommended that an REI is undertaken either when there is a significant change in the diet such as winter...
Hi,
My name is Henry and I am a dairy farmer from Staffordshire. I am also a student studying an MSc in Business Management at the Royal Agricultural University.
Please fill in my questionnaire about post-Brexit events for my dissertation. This study defines post-Brexit events as policy changes...
We are looking for Dairy Farm Technicians to join a successful farm in Bideford, Devon, UK.
These roles involve caring for dairy cows and the activities associated with them.
*Visa sponsorship is available for candidates outside of the UK.
Pay
Up to £10.26 per hour
Accommodation is provided...
Hi everyone :)
We're 2 RVC vet students looking for a dairy placement in September 2021.
Our uni's requirements are:
- at least 90 dairy cows on the farm
- proof of a valid employer and public liability insurance
We're also hoping that accommodation (and food if possible) can be provided...
Joining Tony in this month’s podcast is Sammy Howorth, our Lancashire and Cumbria Calf & Youngstock Specialist and Mike Van Amburgh, a Professor in the Department of Animal Science at
Cornell University
We delve into the subject of post-weaning heifers and how we can ensure they’re achieving...
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...
I’m looking for something to feed to the milking cows to get a bit more milk out of them but I don’t know what’s best. We usually feed wholecrop with our grass silage but we can’t open the whole crop clamp as it has 2nd and 3rd cut in it too. We aren’t using enough silage yet to open it
For those considering producing raw milk, this could be of interest...
A producer alliance has been formed to safeguard the future of raw milk production.
More than 170 producers in the UK currently sell raw milk direct to consumers, as a way of diversifying their farm business.
However...
A new campaign has been launched to help promote the health benefits of cow's milk to the general public.
According to Jamie Oliver’s Channel 4 documentary, sales of plant-based alternatives to milk have doubled in the last five years, meanwhile, consumption of dairy in the UK has fallen by...
Dairy farmers’ profits recovered in 2017/18 as milk prices returned to more sustainable levels – but the outlook for 2018/19 is far less buoyant.
A recent survey by accountants and financial planners Old Mill has revealed that Old Mill and Farm Consultancy Group (FCG) clients made a profit from...
Hi Everyone,
The Herdwatch app is now available to farmers in Northern Ireland!
We are fully approved by DAERA and linked with APHIS. The App allows all farmers in the Northern Ireland to record their Animal medicines for Red Tractor and FQAS, Calf birth Registrations, Breeding Records and...
A Dutch property company, Beladon, is launching the world's first offshore dairy farm in the Port of Rotterdam, this year.
With the aim of helping the city produce more of its own food sustainably, the farm in the middle of Rotterdam’s Merwehaven harbour will initially milk 40 Meuse-Rhine-Issel...
The deadline to apply to attend a series of dairy business management classes is fast approaching.
The Entrepreneurs in Dairying training programme organised jointly by RABDF, AHDB Dairy, consultancy firm Andersons and the NFU invites those with a vested interest in the industry to apply...
The UK’s largest dairy co-op Arla has warned of shortages of staple dairy products and spiralling consumer price increases post-Brexit, regardless of a hard or soft deal.
In a report co-authored with the London School of Economics (LSE), titled The impact of Brexit on the UK dairy sector, the...
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