Know How / Dairy

In a tough dairy market, with growing volatility and uncertainty, our Know How area aims to help you make your dairy business more resilient and profitable.

This is your starting point for lowering your cost of production, improving grass from forage and reducing reliance on antibiotics and improving cow health and welfare.

Key areas of focus:

  • Reducing costs to deliver a profitable business
  • Improving cow comfort, health and welfare
  • Increasing milk from forage
  • Meeting milk contract requirements
  • Breeding cows to suit your system

Latest Know How

GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

Why low stocking rates are working for two Irish dairies

Achieving the optimum stocking rate means finding a balance between feeding cows for peak production and effective utilisation – without putting too much pressure on grass supplies or resorting to…

LIVESTOCK

Benefits of soil mapping for forage production

Soil-mapping grassland at a north Yorkshire dairy farm and using the data to vary lime applications within fields has captured cost savings on liming of £35/ha. The Pratt family want…

LIVESTOCK

FW Awards 2022: Dairy Farmer of the Year finalists

Balance was a strong theme this year – all finalists were finding an optimal point between work and rest, milk output and quality, and technical performance and costs. The judging…

GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

How soil winner cut N 60% with no loss of grass growth

The 2022 Soil Farmer of the Year runner-up has cut fertiliser use and introduced herbal leys and new grazing methods on his Haverfordwest dairy farm. Andrew Rees started to question…

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