Don't let higher milk prices see the dust settle on milk contracts debate
Don't overlook the chance to make sure your milk contract is still delivering for you. Contracts deserve extra scrutiny since milk prices rose sharply last year, and will be just one of the topics up for discussion at this year's Dairy Event & Livestock Show

Robots have their day as dairy staff become scarce
Dairy staff are becoming harder to come by, making robotic milking a worthwhile option for many producers.

Scope for further milk price increases as output continues to shrink
Milk prices could reach 30p/litre this autumn as overall UK milk production continues to shrink, despite new figures from the Rural Payments Agency showing July's production increased slightly on the same month last year.

Tesco and Wiseman spark row over £1.06 Fresh'n'Lo milk
Robert Wiseman Dairies and Tesco are at the centre of a row over their deal to sell Wiseman's Fresh'n'Lo economy milk at just £1.06 for two litres, as some fear this could undermine farmers' returns.

Asda milk prices reach new low
Asda has slashed the price of milk to its lowest level since 2001 as supermarkets step up their price war to lure cash-strapped shoppers.

VIDEOS: Fwi Weekly News library
Watch the top stories to have appeared on FWi this week in our news review.

News analysis: Has devolution helped Welsh farming?
Ministers ready to listen and a government that takes farming seriously - devolution has helped, not hindered, in Wales. Gaina Morgan reports.

Dairy Event and livestock show 2008
The Dairy Event and livestock show is set to take place at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on Wednesday 17 September and Thursday 18 September this year and replaces previous year?s events held under the title of the Dairy Event.

Cheap milk in Tesco will not undermine farmgate milk prices, says Wiseman
Robert Wiseman Dairies has denied that its deal with Tesco to stock the processor's Fresh'n'Lo value milk range will affect prices paid to dairy farmers.

Four-way cross breeding and stringent grass management helps dairy costs
Increases in milk production costs have hit every dairy producer hard, but a Hampshire farmer is still managing to produce milk at a total cost of just 17p/litre by making better use of grass and slurry.

FWi Weekly News Review, 1 August
Watch the top stories to have appeared on FWi this week in our news review.

Better times ahead for UK dairy sector, says Milklink chief
Dairy farmers should be optimistic about prospects, says the chief executive of Milk Link, Neil Kennedy. Continuing our series profiling agribusiness leaders, Paul Spackman discovers why

FW Awards: Size isn't everything for finalist's high-yielding black-and-whites
FW Awards finalist John Round, Elmore Back Farm, Minsterworth, Gloucestershire John Round insists that, when it comes to breeding high-yielding dairy cows, size isn't everything.

FW Awards: North Wales Jerseys ahead of the clean, green game
FW Awards finalist Charlie Whittingham, Llanbedr Farm, near Ruthin, Denbighshire Walk into the farmyard at Charlie Whittingham's Llanbedr Farm and the first thing that strikes you is how clean everything is.

Dutch farmers angry over bovine tuberculosis export calves
The Dutch farmer organisation LTO reacts to the news that 12 British calves, infected with bovine tuberculosis, have been exported to The Netherlands

VIDEO: FWi Weekly News Review, 11 July
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Higher milk prices give reason for more optimism at Thornton Grange Farm
A steady rise in the milk price is giving Peter Chapman more confidence about business prospects at Thornton Grange Farm, although uncertainty over new NVZ rules is a concern. Wendy Short reports

Farmers encouraged to make energy savings
Farmers should be analysing their energy costs to see where savings can be made, is the advice from DairyCo.

VIDEOS: Farmers urged to begin bovine TB fightback
Farmers have been urged to begin their fightback against the government?s decision against a badger cull as a method of controlling bovine tuberculosis.

Bovine TB announcement expected at 3.30pm
DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn is set to make an announcement over whether to implement a badger cull to control bovine TB at 3.30pm.



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