The dairy industry faces a number of challenges as it moves into the next decade of the 21st century – an aging workforce reducing in size; the need for workers to refresh their dairy skills to meet the increasing demands of a more technical industry; and the ever increasing demands of production from our Bovine partners – are only a few.
Young Ayrshire dairy farmer, Andrew Nicol (40), feels aggrieved to have received no funding from the SRDP grant system for his £440 000 dairy upgrade investment.
The Annandale Holstein Herd from Milton at Beattock run by Matthew and William Armour has topped the Scottish league table for production for the fifth year in succession. Their 138 cows averaged 12334Kg milk with a combined fat and protein output of 893kg in 305 days.
Do you know how much your cows are eating? Calculate your feed
conversion efficiency now for better returns throughout the winter.
Breeding company Cogent has appointed a new member to its sales and marketing team, who will be closely involved in the company's public presence at shows, workshops and other agricultural events.
Increasing the number of light hours to 14 - 16 hours per day has a positive effect on dairy cow production.
The search for more cost effective slurry storage method
continues.
IQ - (Individual Quarter) the world's first
four-way milking cluster from GEA Farm Technologies, is set to revolutionise dairy farming.
One of only two Ayrshire herds listed in the Top Twenty recorded dairy farms in the country, in the Agriscot, World Wide Sires Dairy Herd of the Year compteition, is The Firm of John McColm, Garthland Mains Farm, Stranraer.
The Top Twenty were selected by judge,
George Jamieson, NFU Dairy Specialist, from the 650 CIS recorded herds across Scotland.
