Farm Business
NMR and First Milk join SRUC Digital Dairy Chain
Dairy herd data and analysis company NMR and milk processor First Milk are to work together in a government funded project to provide and use relevant data to improve dairy chain efficiency. The project, to operate in the southwest Scotland and Cumbria region, is...
Covid drives faster farm use of digital tech
Like for many sectors, the Covid-19 pandemic and its restrictions saw greater use of digital communications technologies activities on farm, and could speed up their wider adoption in future, says market researcher Map of Ag. It carried out a survey of 2,218 farmers...
Dairy calf productivity key to herd sustainability
The key to future dairy farm sustainability is better genetics; the strategic use of genomics; improved calf nutrition and the greater uptake of youngstock vaccines, according to a survey. Over 80% of respondents ranked these as important factors to produce better...
Trinity enters the digital agriculture market
Digital agriculture company Trinity AgTech has launched the first program in a suite of software that aims to help agrifood business managers move towards a more sustainable farm and food sector. The London-based company has invested in developing its farm and...
Prof Malcolm Stansfield RIP
ATN is sad to record the death of Professor John Malcolm Stansfield MBE at the age of 86. Malcolm had a 42 year career at the University of Reading, where he was a senior lecturer in farm management combined with the director of the University’s farms. Many former...
Farm unions warn of dairy cost: price squeeze
The UK farming unions have reacted to the AHDB analysis by warning of an extremely challenging year for the dairy sector as production costs rise and with milk prices variable. “Even those on the best performing contracts will be struggling to keep up with the rising...