This month John Taylor, herd manager of the 2014 NMR/RABDF Gold Cup winners, updates us on the latest news from Worthy Farm in Somerset, including the latest on favourite cow JoJo.
RABDF is meeting demand for business training from aspiring dairy producers by relaunching Entrepreneurs in Dairying and introducing an additional fourth college to the offer following its successful inaugural programme held in 2014.
The best of British genetics are scheduled to be showcased in front of a line-up of international judges and spectators along with the UK’s largest audience of farmers at the Livestock Event, staged at The NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 July.
AHDB board member and head of the dairy sector board, Gwyn Jones will be the guest speaker at the Trehane Livestock Event Dinner, the first to be held on the eve of the Livestock Event – Tuesday 7 July, at The NEC, Birmingham.
A series of Feed Science Forums designed to offer practical science based advice to all farmers as well as for consultants and feed advisors will be held at the Livestock Event to be staged at The NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 July.
Women in Dairy, a new national platform for networking and knowledge transfer has been launched jointly by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers and Promar International a Genus plc company, and supported by DairyCo.
Farmers and their vets will be teaming up to share how they are proactively addressing some of the most common and challenging health issues found on dairy and beef units in the Farm Health Planning seminars to be staged at Livestock Event at The NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 July.
This month John Taylor, herd manager at 2014 NMR/RABDF Gold Cup winners Worthy Farm in Somerset reflects on a successful open day despite a few pre-event farm problems.
