Nicholas Vink, Sales Support Specialist with DeLaval Canada, sees the same trend. Over 20 % of dairy farms nationwide now use ...

Mr van Adrichem, 36, has won the Innovation Award at the Cadbury Farmer of the Year Awards for his pioneering use of ...

With 96 cubicles, a robot scraper and back scratching brushes for cows and calves, she admits the only thing she’s missing at this stage “is a robot milking cows in the corner”.

Shortages of labour is resulting in many farmers focus on reducing the amount of it they require. Technology is playing a big part according to milking equipment suppliers who attended Dairy Day.

But a dairy farmer in what passes for his workshop is like me in the lingerie section in Marks and Spencer – we’re both ...