News Archive
DairyCo News Archive
- The Hidden Loss - Bad Ventilation1 May 08
“Bad ventilation is a hidden loss - you can’t see it but it’s there,” says Michael Thwaites, who farms at Dykes House Farm, Leyburn, Wensleydale. “You don’t get an invoice each month to show you how much you are losing but it is just as real as something like the feed cost on your farm.” - Breakfast clubs are on the menu at The Education Show9 April 08
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The School Milk Project and the Home Grown Cereal’s Authority (HGCA) are working together to promote the benefits of milk and cereals as part of a balanced diet for school children of all ages at this year’s Education Show at the NEC in Birmingham. - Active Kids Get Cooking Special Challenge 20088 April 08
Friday 23 May is the closing date for the Active Kids Get Cooking Special Challenge 2008. - Open Farm Sunday – (Sun 1/6/2008)7 April 08
And what a special day it was! 400 farms right across the country opened their gates and showed people around their farms. - Farmhouse Breakfast Week – 20th - 26th January 20082 November 07
The ninth annual Farmhouse Breakfast Week will take place from 20th – 26th January 2008 (www.farmhousebreakfast.com) and promises to be the nation’s largest breakfast celebration ever, with over 1,600 events expected to take place across the country. - On the farm with School Milk4 July 07
19 primary school children from Calthwaite School visited Aikbank farm on Wednesday 27 June, home of school milk facilitator, Jenny Turner. - World School Milk Day3 July 07
World School Milk Day is celebrated on the last Wednesday in September. This date was chosen because schools were open in all the countries surveyed during this month. - London Hotpot and Leicestershire Pasties – Kids Make a Pickle of Popular British Foods1 June 07
Chefs are being sent into schools, as part of British Food Fortnight’s recipe to reconnect children to British culinary classics. This initiative comes as new research from the Year of Food and Farming reveals that children in the UK are startlingly unaware of the origin of many great British foods*. - The Year of Food and Farming is launched1 June 07
On Wednesday September 12th 2007, HRH The Prince of Wales became the first farmer to open his gates to support the Year of Food and Farming. - Cow Signals - reading cow behaviour to identify problem areas in their surroundings or routine
Dairy farmers across the South West are looking at their cows with fresh eyes following a series of DairyCo events on Cow Signals. The concept of reading cow behaviour to identify problem areas in their surroundings or routine is growing in popularity, and enabling dairy farmers to more closely meet their cows’ needs, leading to increased production and lower costs.
