Author Posts: Sarah Kidby

High fertiliser and feed costs mean that making the best possible silage makes even more sense this season – especially with strong milk prices. So how could a silage additive give a return?

Knowing that farm security was about more than just producing high yielding crops, Andrew Ward set about benchmarking every part of his business several seasons ago. Now he and his team of Ruben Sampson and Tom Hyland are going a stage further with a carbon audit with the NFU.

Recruitment specialist Agricultural and Farming Jobs says it is recruiting for more job opportunities within the industry than ever, but the search for specific industry skill sets is an ongoing and growing challenge.

Anglia Quality Meat (AQM) is launching a timely new service for farmers in June, offering a simple way to capture and store all farm data on the cloud, with expert support from AQM to highlight inefficiencies and help livestock reach their potential. We caught up with two trial farms who say AQM+ brought a variety of benefits to their businesses.

NOAH has launched the Livestock Vaccination Guideline to help vets, SQPs and farmers improve the health and welfare of UK cattle and sheep – as well as farm resilience and sustainable improvements in productivity.

The government says the new licence will allow more badgers to be vaccinated by reducing the administrative burden.

LEAF confirmed that Caroline had passed away on Monday 23rd May after a short illness.

Openfield is investing heavily in its transport fleet and driver recruitment to improve grain and input deliveries at a time when heavy haulage is under immense pressure.

Corteva Agriscience UK is investigating reported complaints of damage on some sprayer components when the tank mix being applied includes products containing Inatreq active. The main area of concern appears to be centred around diaphragms and nozzle O-rings.

Approaches to pest control on farm have changed significantly over the years, and with changes to Red Tractor rules introduced last November, Farmers Guide spoke to Gary Cade of Assured Environmental Services (AES), about proactive approaches to pest control.

Dumfries farm K & M Jamieson uses an adapted compact TMR ration for its Holstein herd and has seen benefits to mix consistency, time and fuel savings since upgrading to a 28m3 BvL V-Mix diet feeder last summer.

Defra has confirmed H5N1 at premises in Suffolk and Nottinghamshire.