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21 March 2024
Milk Forecasting Forum discuss the challenges facing farmers in the 2024/25 season
9 February 2024
In October the GB milking herd stood at 1.66million head, a slight (0.1%) increase on the same month of the previous year
30 January 2024
Milk Forecasting Forum 20 September, 2023
19 February 2024
The latest data shows a relatively small year on year decline in the GB milking herd of 0.6%, with July figures totalling 1.62 million head.
20 February 2024
The GB milking herd totalled 1.66 million head, a contraction of 13,500 head (0.8%) on October 2021.
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3 September 2021
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are a useful way to monitor fertility within your suckler herd.
30 January 2024
Sales of sexed dairy semen accounted for just over half of dairy semen sales in the year to March 2020, jumping up from a 32% share the previous year.
30 January 2024
In Q2 2020, births to dairy dams recorded a decline of 1.2% on the year, as a result of tighter calving windows.
30 January 2024
Over the last couple of years, there has been a shift away from the Holstein-Friesian breeds, in favour for crossbred cows.
30 January 2024
The GB milking herd has continued to shrink, according to the latest data from BCMS.