Dairy
24 August 2020
Join AHDB for a webinar looking at how the use of technology can aid disease detection and support efficient management of young calves. A recent AHDB funded project, run by SRUC in association with Blade farming, used various types of technology to determine if they could detect disease sooner than the stockman alone.
14 May 2024
Read our advice to help you learn how to establish and grow clover.
1 May 2025
Learn about using medicines responsibly and environmental considerations.
20 August 2025
In the AHDB Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) rankings for the Jersey breed, VJ Outrup Luxi Luxplus (PLI £472) climbs into number one position.
2 December 2025
All appears to have changed amongst Jersey sires in the December AHDB rankings, but this reflects a switch of focus to young bulls with genomic indexes, which are now widely used by UK farmers.
21 August 2025
Exceptional daughter health and high-quality milk production have earned the newly proven bull, Peak AltaSeverus, number one position for both seasonal calving indexes – Autumn Calving Index (£ACI) and Spring Calving Index (£SCI) – in the AHDB genetic evaluations, published this week.
2 December 2025
Those using the recommended Spring Calving Index (£SCI), which has been updated this month by AHDB, will find plenty of choice across the Jersey and black and white breeds.
2 December 2025
Genetic evaluations for daughter-proven Holstein dairy sires have been published this month by AHDB.
2 December 2025
UK-born and bred DeNovo Coyote P leads the pack in AHDB’s December genetic evaluations for young genomic Holstein sires.
21 August 2025
A new high health and efficiency young sire has entered the running in the genomic index ranking, published today by AHDB.
21 August 2025
Six new daughter-proven sires graduate into the top 10 ranking for Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI), published today by AHDB.
30 January 2024
Top spring block calvers optimise stocking rates to get nearly twice as many kilos of milk solids from every forage hectare.
