Dairy

Photo of a cupped handful of soil. Growing out of the soil is a young tree sapling that has rolls of paper money notes attached to the main stem. The photo is titled 'Money Tree' and the photo makes it look like the hand is holding a tree that is growing paper money!

Tax Update – Spring Statement 2026

In Brief The 2026 Spring Statement was not a farming Budget. It contained few direct announcements for Scottish agriculture and no major new tax measures aimed specifically at the sector. …

Managing and Preventing Udder Oedema

Successfully transitioning heifers into the milking herd is essential for achieving a strong performance in the first lactation, and there are several things to keep an eye out for when…

How to Minimise Heat Stress in the Dairy Herd

As the UK sees increasingly prolonged spells of warm weather, managing cattle during the summer months is becoming more challenging for producers. For dairy farmers, heat stress has been found to…

Business and Policy April 2026 – Digital Dairy Chain – Maker Spaces

Are you making the most of the resources you have available or making the best margin you can on your farm or croft produce? With part of the focus of…

Business and Policy April 2026 – Milk

Milk production data Although milk production continues to be greater than this time last year, with daily production currently at 36.67 million litres for the week ending 21st of March, 0.6% more than the previous week; the percentage increase…

Established to Exceptional: Refining an Organic System

Anderson Brothers is a farming partnership run by brothers Matthew and Philip Anderson alongside their respective wives Becky and Mary. The business has developed a profitable and resilient organic system…

Managing Mastitis Risk During the Grazing Season

Mastitis is often associated with the housing period, when the risk of infection is typically higher. However, the grazing season also presents challenges. Environmental and clinical mastitis can occur at…

Feeding and Ensiling Potatoes for Cattle

Stockfeed potatoes are a viable energy feed for cattle and a useful additive to ensiled forage when managed correctly. They offer an economical alternative to cereals but require: Gradual introduction into diets …

Organic Arable Silage – What You Need To Know

At Kirwaugh Farm near Wigtown in the Machars peninsula, Andrew Robinson has been running his dairy farm organically for over 17 years. As part of his crop rotation and weed…

Automated Milking Systems

Labour shortages are leading to an increase in the number of producers turning to Automated Milking Systems (AMS) to reduce the long and often anti-social hours associated with milking twice…

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