Content related to the topic: strategic-farms

18 September 2024

Sussex dairy farmer halves his calving block

Dan Burdett reduced his autumn calving block from 12 weeks to six weeks

11 November 2020

Scottish dairy team strengthened

Sophie Brewster has joined our Scottish Dairy team as Knowledge Exchange Manager.

3 June 2021

Strategic Cereal Farms to focus on IPM for harvest 2021

Harvest 2021 trials at AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms will focus on the prevention, detection and control of pests, weeds and diseases – key components of IPM (integrated pest management).

22 December 2021

The wastes of Lean management

Waste is any step in a process that does not add value to the customer. There are three types of waste in Lean management, Muda, Mura and Muri, and we explore them below.

2 September 2025

The 5 Principles of Lean management

When the 5 Lean principles are combined into a company's processes and culture, they create Lean production, manufacturing, and operating systems. On this page, we dive into each of these in a bit more detail.

15 October 2025

Strategic Dairy Farms: Ten reasons to get involved

Benefits of the strategic farm programme

13 August 2026

Farm Excellence: Dairy

Find out more about our Strategic Dairy Farms, which open their businesses to share research and development in practice.

15 January 2025

Penllech Bach launch

Matt Jackson talks us through how he became a shared farmer at Penllech Bach

10 January 2025

Millands strategic farm launch

James and Wallace Hendrie share their story and ambitions for the future as they launch as our second strategic dairy farm in Scotland

18 December 2020

Selecting bulls for a better block

David Cotton and breeding expert Keith Gue outline their recent focus on improving fertility through closely managing herd genetics and bull selection

27 October 2020

Webinar: Penllech Bach strategic farm launch

Matt Jackson talks about how he began his career in farming and built a shared farming partnership at Penllech Bach.

9 April 2021

Future proofing farm infrastructure

Richard Tucker considers the options for replacing his loose housing with cubicles and a new slurry system.