Rhian Price
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Calf checks for passive immunity down, study suggests - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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More farmers are checking the quality of colostrum they feed to calves, yet few are monitoring passive transfer of immunoglobulins to see whether their calf management protocols are working. See also: How passive transfer testing gives calves a good start A survey of 142 British dairy farmers by MSD Animal Health found that 66.2% now test colostrum quality, up from 48.8% in a comparable 2022 survey of 248 dairy farmers. However, results revealed at UK Dairy Day showed the proportion of dairy far
7 things dairy farms need to grow their businesses - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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Growth in the dairy sector will be needed to meet future food demand and environmental targets, but planning remains a major “choke” to investment. This was the message from NFU National Dairy Board chair Ian Harvey during a discussion on building for the future. See also: The five non-negotiables of a resilient dairy business Changes to the National Planning Policy Framework now recognise food security as a material planning consideration, potentially giving agricultural developments greater we
How updating slats helped sheep farm cut lameness and labour - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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A purpose-built slatted lambing shed that was put up in the 1960s on a Monmouthshire farm has reduced labour and straw while keeping flock lameness below 1%. Over this time, the shed has been extended and the slats have been updated and improved. See also: What’s in your Livestock Shed? visits £115k lambing shed Nigel and Beverley Turner farm alongside their son, Matthew, at The Graig, near Cross Ash, lambing 1,400 Inverdale Texel ewes and ewe lambs alongside a 100-cow suckler herd. They inherit
Farmers told 'not too late' to vaccinate against bluetongue - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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Dairy farmers are being urged to vaccinate against BTV-3 if they haven’t already, with vets warning midges are still active and the disease will overwinter. “Everybody in England should consider themselves at risk. With the warm weather we are still seeing, midges are still active, and I don’t think we’re at the peak of infection yet,” warns UK chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss. See also: New bluetongue map shows where virus is most active Cat McLaughlin, NFU chief animal health and
How a breed switch improved beef profit and productivity - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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What began as a necessity to keep the family farm afloat has shaped the success of John and Rachel Geldard’s farming enterprises and put them at the forefront of the Stabiliser breed’s development. Although they realised their dream of farm ownership in 1988, buying 108ha Foulshaw Farm, in Leven, Cumbria, within 18 months interest rates had climbed to 17%, and BSE had hit, tanking livestock prices. To pay the mortgage, John started keeping 100 laying hens in a derelict shed. See also: 9 ways a f
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