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Is this the smallest commercial dairy herd?
Milk buyers like big collections, and dairy farmers are getting larger every year. The average British cowman looked after 75 cows in 1996 and today…
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Mansel Raymond re-elected European milk chairman
Welsh dairy farmer Mansel Raymond has been re-elected to lead dairy discussions in Brussels for the next two years. Re-elected Copa Dairy Chairman…
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Dairy farmers voice market volatility concerns
Falling milk prices and the volatility in global dairy markets were put under the spotlight during a recent meeting of dairy farmers in…
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Ceredigion NFU Cymru on-farm milk meeting
Aled Jones, NFU Cymru Milk Board Chairman, will be guest speaker at the next Ceredigion NFU Cymru on-farm milk meeting on Thursday, 20 November…
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Make most of milk quota, dairy producers urged
Dairy producers should plan ahead to make the most of capital or trading losses before milk quota is abolished in April 2015, according to rural…
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Farmers take dairy concerns to Defra minister
Ways of easing volatility in the milk sector were discussed by Secretary of State Liz Truss and the NFU in a meeting with President Meurig Raymond…
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Dairy Crest CEO interviewed on proposed sale of Dairy and HY results
Dairy Crest – Interim results 2014 Proposed disposal of Dairies Q: You’ve made a significant announcement today. Take us through it. A: I’m delighted…
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Dairy Crest to sell operations to Muller for £80m
Dairy Crest has today announced that it will sell its dairy operations to Müller for £80 million. The company had been plagued with problems in the…
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Long-term outlook for UK dairy 'remains positive'
The UK dairy industry is facing formidable short term challenges due to global market volatility, which is set to continue, but the long-term outlook…
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Cream of dairy genetics on offer in December
An all-star line-up of high-class dairy cattle from the UK will be going under the hammer in Carlisle in Britain’s Premier Elite Holstein auction in…
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