Press Releases
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- Ensuring best practice on a dairy farm28 July 10
Proper training for new staff, whether students, trainee farm workers or Eastern European labour, is one of the best investments dairy farmers can make, according to DairyCo extension officer in the South West, Chris Coxon. - Telling the truth about dairy farming26 July 10
DairyCo has launched a new website aimed at showing the reality about dairy farming in Britain. www.thisisdairyfarming.com has been designed to demonstrate to consumers and the media just what dairy farming involves and what dairy farmers do. - Are your cows drinking enough water?6 July 10
Water is the single most important requirement for cows at pasture, and with the recent hot weather, providing enough good quality water is more important than ever, says DairyCo extension officer Chris Coxon. - Minister launches £3.3m dairy supply chain efficiencies project1 July 10
Wales’ Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones has today [Thursday 1 July] launched a new project designed to support the dairy industry in Wales to improve the efficiency, sustainability and added value of the dairy supply chain.
- DairyCo mastitis milestone reached30 June 10
The DairyCo Mastitis Control Plan is now in place on 375 farms across the UK – ahead of target for the three-year project, which began in 2009.
There are now 168 vets and consultants across the country trained to implement the plan, with another 60 registering interest in future courses. - Milk Roadmap sets a world-leading example23 June 10
The dairy industry has taken another leap forward in its collective approach to tackling environmental challenges, by agreeing to extend the Milk Roadmap to cover all dairy products. - Dairy wizard is one-stop shop for dairy farmers17 June 10
Dairy farmers can access information on planning housing design, slurry storage and milking parlours from a three-in-one CD by DairyCo. - DairyCo project tackles key environmental challenge8 June 10
DairyCo has set out an innovative three year project to determine a crucial benchmark through the measurement of carbon footprints on GB dairy farms. - DairyCo and NACFT to build national mobility database1 June 10
DairyCo and the National Association of Cattle Foot Trimmers (NACFT) have started a joint project to build a national foot lesion database.
Category one foot trimmers will now begin to record incidence of foot lesions using standardised recording sheets provided by DairyCo. - Milk Roadmap on track to meet 2010 targets19 May 10
The dairy supply chain is firmly on track to meet its 2010 targets set out in the Milk Roadmap following a meeting of the Roadmap taskforce last week to review progress.
