Come along to this year's Women in Dairy Conference to 'connect, share and inspire' with others in the industry.

More details to come soon

Holehouse Farms will host the Gold Cup Open Day after being crowned the 2022 competition winners at Dairy-Tech.

Tickets - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/546322905517

Down to Earth is a new, one-day event tailored specifically for livestock farmers interested in regenerative farming.

Down to Earth will focus on the basic principles of regenerative agriculture, offering an arena where the whole industry can come together and address the opportunities, facts, and science surrounding its principles and to see it in action.

At its core, regenerative agriculture looks at improving the health of soil or restoring highly degraded soil. This unique event will offer farmers the practical advice they need to start applying its principles back on their farms.

Down to Earth will host top industry speakers, drop-in knowledge exchange hubs, practical demonstrations, exhibitors, and a farm tour to see regenerative farming in action.

Down to Earth will offer advice on managing carbon on farm and offer workshops on how and why to carbon footprint.

More details for tickets will be coming soon.

Down to Earth is a new, one-day event tailored specifically for livestock farmers interested in regenerative farming.

Down to Earth will focus on the basic principles of regenerative agriculture, offering an arena where the whole industry can come together and address the opportunities, facts, and science surrounding its principles and to see it in action.

At its core, regenerative agriculture looks at improving the health of soil or restoring highly degraded soil. This unique event will offer farmers the practical advice they need to start applying its principles back on their farms.

Down to Earth will host top industry speakers, drop-in knowledge exchange hubs, practical demonstrations, exhibitors, and a farm tour to see regenerative farming in action.

Down to Earth will offer advice on managing carbon on farm and offer workshops on how and why to carbon footprint.

More details for tickets will be coming soon.

Come along to this year's Women in Dairy Conference to 'connect, share and inspire' with others in the industry.

The conference will take place on Wednesday 28th September at Sixways Stadium, Worcester and will feature high profile speakers from across the dairy industry on the theme of "Motivation for Change"

Chaired by Di Wastenage, Patron of Women in Dairy and Farmers Weekly Dairy Farmer of the Year 2015

Book your place today!

Tickets cost £55 plus VAT and a small booking fee. Early bird bookings before 1st August will receive a £5 discount.

Other discounts are available for students, groups of 4 plus and Women in Dairy RABDF members - contact Romany Marshall for details (womenindairy@rabdf.co.uk).

Contact womenindairy@rabdf.co.uk or 02476 639317 for any booking queries.

Albyns Farm will host the Gold Cup Open Day after being crowned the 2020 competition winners at Dairy-Tech.

The Torrance family were awarded the accolade due to the team’s close attention to the cow environment and parlour routine, and commitment to the key disease control and eradication schemes for dairy herds contributes to the low disease incidence and high health status seen in this herd. Future developments are focused on raising the benchmarks for performance, with environmentally sustainable measures high on the agenda.

This event is free to attend but prior registration is required. Please click here

Down to Earth is a new, one-day event tailored specifically for livestock farmers interested in regenerative farming.

Down to Earth will focus on the basic principles of regenerative agriculture, offering an arena where the whole industry can come together and address the opportunities, facts, and science surrounding its principles and to see it in action.

At its core, regenerative agriculture looks at improving the health of soil or restoring highly degraded soil. This unique event will offer farmers the practical advice they need to start applying its principles back on their farms.

Down to Earth will host top industry speakers, drop-in knowledge exchange hubs, practical demonstrations, exhibitors, and a farm tour to see regenerative farming in action.

Down to Earth will offer advice on managing carbon on farm and offer workshops on how and why to carbon footprint.

This event is £15, with £5 going to Shropshire Rural Support. RABDF get 2 x free tickets. Please book today

Dairy-Tech will return to Stoneleigh Park for its 2022 event.

The Covid 19 pandemic forced the 2021 event to take the form of a virtual programme but with growing concerns over the new Omicron variant, we have postponed to Thursday 7th April 2022. We are very much looking forward to welcoming back a physical event in April 2022.

It will continue to showcase ground-breaking technology, be the platform for new product launches – introducing the latest innovation and services and deliver a wide variety of speaker sessions addressing the key topics affecting the industry. 

The event will continue to be aimed at progressive dairy professionals regardless of their herd size or system type, reflecting the transformation of the sector over recent years, where it has been recognised that farmers must be competitive and able to match both their size and system to their available resources and milk contract.

Regardless of their cost base, future successful dairy businesses must be informed, resilient, proactive and efficient; Dairy-Tech provides this platform, alongside a recognition that dairy farming has become a professional industry.

Dairy-Tech will allow visitors to gain maximum exposure to new and exciting industry innovations relevant to their business, despite a large variation in cost base and system. 

A return to the event’s physical format is needed more than ever after 18 months of limited contact for the industry during the pandemic. Please check the exhibitor list to see which companies will be joining us and keep an eye out for announcements on visitor information over the coming months.

Join us for a webinar with Piers Badnell, LIC to discuss how you maintain productivity from grazing over the summer.

Maintaining productivity from pasture through the summer
• Milk from grass in April & May is relatively easy but can drop off as the spring gives way to summer
• Where does it go wrong?
• If we can identify the reasons it goes wrong we can then manage to get it right
• It comes down to biology and climate – a lot of this is understanding the plant and adapting management to what it wants to do and what we want it to do….
• Mistakes do happen, so what do we do to correct these mistakes
• Why is this important? – Increasingly buyers require grazing, there is a very strong relationship between cost of production and profit and grazing done well will reduce cost of production, so how do we unlock this potential and satisfy our buyers and our pockets?
• The 2021 grazing season starts in August with planning and now is the time to build towards this
• Grazing is a virtuous circle, get one bit right and that helps the next which then helps the next etc. etc. – Get on that virtuous circle 

Piers will give a short presentation followed by a Q&A session led by RABDF Vice-Chair Robert Craig. Please send any questions during the webinar via the chat function. We expect this session to last 45 minutes.

Once you register the Zoom link will be sent to you. This session will be recorded and be available to watch online afterwards.

You are invited to the next meeting of the Yorkshire Women in Dairy Group. This will be a virtual meeting held via Zoom. The link and password for the meeting will be sent to you once you have registered.

All women involved in dairy, from farm to farm office and throughout the industry, are welcome! 

• Topic: Optimising mastitis treatment for your farm

• Speaker: Kath Aplin | Veterinary Adviser | Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd

  All are welcome and your first meeting is free. Thereafter Women in Dairy Membership is £45 per year.

  For further information and to book please contact:

  Laura Scott, Mobile: +44 (0) 7880 748047 | laura.scott1@zoetis.com

Join us for a webinar with Simon Haley, Rural Business Adviser, to discover the funding options available for you to tap into 

Simon will talk through the range of funding opportunities available to dairy farmers. These will include the latest round of Countryside Stewardship Grants; The Countryside Productivity Scheme as well as funds such as the Henry Plumb Foundation.

Join us to:

• find out about the range of grants and funding sources available to apply for

• think ‘outside the box’ in accessing financial assistance

• make your business more sustainable by addressing key factors of risk, resilience, and revenue

He will also offer some savvy ways farmers can tap into funds they may not have been aware of.

Please note due to time constraints this session will cover grants available in England only.

Simon will give a short presentation followed by a Q&A session led by RABDF. Please send any questions during the webinar via the chat function. We expect this session to last 45 minutes.

Dairy-Tech is a dairy event tailored for the new generation of dairy farmer, manager and technician. 

Its first ever event in February showcased ground-breaking technology; inspired uptake of the latest science and field-based skills, introduced a fresh range of innovative products and services and pioneered new global concepts in management efficiency.

Due to the transformation in the dairy industry over recent years it is becoming increasingly apparent that farmers need to be competitive, and irrespective of their system type and market they supply, they need to match both to their available resources and milk contract.

Regardless of their cost base, future successful dairy businesses must be informed, resilient, proactive and efficient; Dairy-Tech provides this platform, alongside a recognition that dairy farming has become a professional industry.

Dairy-Tech will showcase a fresh show that recognises the pressing needs of the modern dairy professional, allowing them to gain maximum exposure to new and exciting industry innovations relevant to their business, despite a large variation in cost base and system.

Our second business and policy conference will set out to update and inform on the constraints and opportunities facing the UK dairy industry in a post-Brexit environment.

The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers are proud to bring together this excellent programme of speakers who have been tasked with sharing their thoughts, knowledge and inform delegates on market forces and key issues that will challenge the future of all dairy producing businesses profitability.  The conference programme is split into three sessions; all designed to address critical industry issues:

1.  Informing on the latest policy and its implications on UK dairy producers with a strong emphasis on the potential implications of Brexit.

2.  Updates and the latest guidance surrounding cattle health and welfare and how it affects dairy businesses. 

3.  Investing in getting more young people into dairying

The conference will conclude with an address from the 2017 Princess Royal Award winner and founder of Dairy Industry Newsletter, Barry Wilson.

For ticket prices and more information please click here

Registration for the Women in Dairy Conference is now open!

You are invited to join us at the annual conference where an exciting line-up of speakers from across the industry will be speaking on the theme 'Breaking Barriers'.

Speakers include Minette Batters, Helen Rogers, Liz Haines, and Holly Beckett

Head over to the Women in Dairy website by clicking below for more information on the programme, speakers and to took your tickets. All bookings before 31st July will receive a 10% early bird discount.

Click here for the Women in Dairy website

NMR/RABDF Gold Cup Open Day

Taking place at The Leen, Pembridge, Leominster, HR6 9HN and hosted by Rich and Chris Norman.

Strategic Success with an autumn block grazing system

Visitors can arrive from 10.30am onwards with the following programme scheduled for the rest of the day:

11.15am:  RABDF welcome, Matthew Knight

11.20am:  Introduction to the farm, Rich and Chris Norman

11.35am:  Market predictions and trends, Chris Walkland

12noon:  Talks begin (taking place at stations around the farm, every hour)

There will also be an opportunity to see the other farm enterprises including the broiler unit and the AD unit.

Visitors will also be able to find out more about grassland management, diversification and how to get the most from your business.