In this month’s RABDF/NMR Gold Cup Comment: Paul Broad reflects on a successful Open Day at Treveale Farm in Cornwall and how, sometimes, everything falls into place.
Monthly Archives: August 2026
The grandam of Genosource Jumpstart, the new number-one genomic bull with a PLI of £919 and 775kg of milk The August genomic Holstein proofs were pretty groundbreaking, with a new number one and four bulls scoring over £900 on the profitable lifetime index. Independent Breeding Consultant Kevin Lane considers the best bulls to suit your […]
Animal Health: Welbeing, Hygiene, Disease Prevention, Selected Articles, Uncategorised
Understanding dairy cow heat stress, one building at a time
Galebreaker’s animal welfare specialist Chloe Rodriguez with a THI sensor Following three successive heatwaves, it might be time for producers to consider future-proofing buildings and making management adjustments to mitigate heat stress. A two-year project has investigated farmer attitudes towards heat stress as well as its impacts across 23 housed dairy herds in Scotland and […]
Philip Davies offered Hannah Edwards an opportunity to take over the farm as he stepped back From gap year to herd owner: How one young farmer from Shropshire has built a business through a bespoke farming agreement. Rhian Price reports. When Hannah Edwards took a gap-year job on a Powys dairy farm before university, she […]