It’s been an upbeat, positive start to 2025 at Bisterne Farms, with excellent fodder beet yields fuelling the cows. Farm Manager George Brown looks at what lies ahead now. As we turn into the New Year, I’ve started 2025 feeling upbeat, as the grazing fodder beet is the best I’ve ever seen it. We have […]
Monthly Archives: January 2025
Animal Health: Welbeing, Hygiene, Disease Prevention, Selected Articles
Continual focus on cow comfort pays dividends on family farm
Total refurbishment of Gatcombe Farm’s milking system and housing has enhanced herd health and performance After 10 successful years with robotic milking, a Devon business is continuing to invest in new technology to improve livestock housing facilities – enhancing cow health, welfare and production while meeting new regulation requirements. Mike Green reports. Improving cow health […]
Building and Environmental Systems: Heating, Lighting, Ventilation, Flooring, Monitoring Systems, Pens, Construction, Net zero: Sustainability, Climate Positive, Green Initiatives, Selected Articles
To Bovaer or not to Bovaer: Dairy’s dilemma or an opportunity for net zero progression?
How progression is communicated is as important as how it is delivered The question of whether to adopt Bovaer, a feed supplement aimed at reducing methane emissions from dairy cows, has sparked considerable discussion within the industry. As this new development unfolds, shoppers are understandably curious and a bit suspicious about what it means for […]