Dairy producers will be able to find out how to make more from forage during these challenging times by attending two ‘Milking Grass for Profit’ farm walks organised by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, the British Grassland Society and DairyCo.

Livestock farmers can find out how to improve their young stock rearing at a farm walk hosted by Kevin and Ann Jones at Bryn Mawr, Northop, Flintshire on Wednesday 15 April.

RABDF NMR Gold Cup winner, Michael Eavis will be opening his Glastonbury farm gates twice this year and the first time will be to farmers on Wednesday 6 May.

Three national breed shows plus classes for four different breeds will headline the National Dairy Show staged at Livestock Event, at The NEC, Birmingham on 8 and 9 July and supported by new sponsor, Elanco.

Edward Towers, a final year student studying BSc Agriculture with Animal Science at Harper Adams University is the winner of the RABDF De Lacy Dairy Student of the Year. He was presented with a £2,000 cash prize by De Lacy and the university he represented received £1,000 towards an educational dairying project.

This month John Taylor, herd manager at 2014 NMR/RABDF Gold Cup winners Worthy Farm in Somerset, explains how a drop in herd milk yields was investigated and addressed.

Dairy UK and the RABDF welcomed a new report launched by the Dairy All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) which outlines recommendations to ensure a sustainable and competitive future for the British dairy industry.