Contents tagged with EuroDairy

The use of self-feed clamps to reduce demand on labour

24 May 2024

The use of self-feed clamps to reduce demand on labour

Survivability with low cost of production is a key business aim for Blandys Farm, where maximising yield from homegrown forage is key to profitability.
Sharing dairy knowledge across Europe

16 February 2024

Sharing dairy knowledge across Europe

Eurodairy pilot farm Quicke’s of Home Farm in Newton St Cyres, Devon hosted a visit by the European Dairy Farmers (EDF) in October.
Selective dry cow therapy - decision making process

16 February 2024

Selective dry cow therapy - decision making process

The EuroDairy project pursues considered and responsible use of antimicrobials, consistent with high standards of animal health and welfare.
Selective dry cow therapy - best practice technique

16 February 2024

Selective dry cow therapy - best practice technique

To avoid the use of antimicrobials, good standards of hygiene and attention to detail are essential when drying cows off at the end of lactation.
Roger Hildreth: Sharing Knowledge to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance across Europe

16 February 2024

Roger Hildreth: Sharing Knowledge to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance across Europe

My name is Roger Hildreth, I’m a EuroDairy pilot farmer and have recently been along to numerous exchange visits to Northern Ireland and the Netherlands. I am here to share my learnings from these exchange visits.
Roger Hildreth: Lessons from the European Dairy Farmers visit to Northern Ireland

16 February 2024

Roger Hildreth: Lessons from the European Dairy Farmers visit to Northern Ireland

My name is Roger Hildreth, I’m a EuroDairy pilot farmer. Home at Curlew Fields Farm in Yorkshire we run a 120-Pedigree Holstein herd that calve all year round.
Houghton Lodge Farm: keeping tight control of costs is crucial

16 February 2024

Houghton Lodge Farm: keeping tight control of costs is crucial

Eurodairy pilot farm, Houghton Lodge in Leicestershire, was a redundant dairy unit until Evolution Farming and Farmcare Limited invested £1 million of seed capital in 2016.
Grassland management a key focus at French exchange to UK

16 February 2024

Grassland management a key focus at French exchange to UK

Placing improving grassland management on the top of the agenda at Brimstone Farm, Wiltshire, is starting to pay dividends with milk from forage forecasted to increase by 699 litres/cow from 2018.

Flexibility is the key to success in pasture-based system

16 February 2024

Flexibility is the key to success in pasture-based system

People management is a fundamental part of Robert’s daily role. Robert runs three pasture-based dairy units in Cumbria and Northumbria.

Feed Efficiency at Curlew Fields Farm, Yorkshire

16 February 2024

Feed Efficiency at Curlew Fields Farm, Yorkshire

03 December 2018 I recently went on a trip down the Berkshire in October, where I was given the opportunity to present at the EuroDairy Feed Efficiency Workshop. The workshop brought dairy farmers from across Europe together to think about feed efficiency and why it’s important.
UK farmers exchange visit to the Netherlands

16 February 2024

UK farmers exchange visit to the Netherlands

From 25th -27th October 2017 a UK group of 10 dairy farmers, 2 staff members of EuroDairy partner AHDB and a researcher of the University of Bristol visited the Netherlands to learn about the Dutch antibiotics policy and how it is implemented at farm level.
Reducing antibiotic usage on UK dairy farms following an exchange visit to the Netherlands (Buttermoor Farm)

16 February 2024

Reducing antibiotic usage on UK dairy farms following an exchange visit to the Netherlands (Buttermoor Farm)

Following a EuroDairy exchange visit to the Netherlands in October 2016, two farmers have introduced selective dry cow therapy.

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