16 July 2026
Dear Member, I hope you are all well and have managed to make the most of the recent weather windows for silaging and haymaking. The Met Office has reported that this year has already seen more days above 30°C than the whole of 1976, which many wi...
16 July 2026
The latest May figures for Kingshay herds continue to highlight the positive rise in milk from forage figures compared to the same time last year. Milk from forage averaged 11.2 litres/cow/day, a 9% increase compared with May 2025. Compared with las...
02 July 2026
Chewinthecud DCAB: Stop Being Afraid of It! Listen here The transition period is the twenty-one days either side of calving. Get it right and the rest of the lactation follows. Get it wrong and you could spend the next ten months firefighting. T...
30 June 2026
June 2026 Milk fever prevention: How dairy farmers can cut cases and improve cow health Milk fever cases have fallen steadily in recent years but remains a significant health challenge on many UK dairy farms according to the 2025 Kingshay Dairy Cos...
08 May 2026
23rd - 25th June 2026 in Chester, UK European Dairy Farmers (EDF) is a European network of over 450 dairy farmers and industry members across 27+ countries, focused on benchmarking production costs, sharing real‑farm data, and fostering i...
31 March 2026
Our latest Spring 2026 Newsletter covers: Our NEW Dairy Manager Website Dairy-Tech Success Antimicrobial Focus Report EDF Congress 2026 Dairy Manager Update BBSRC ELDI Kingshay News Recent Events Download the newsletter here: Spring...
26 January 2026
UK dairy farmers meet new industry targets for antimicrobial use. Download & read now. The continued decline in the use of antimicrobials on UK dairy farms means producers are meeting new industry targets just months after they were set, accord...