News
Taking the heat out of farm energy costs
INSTALLING a heat recovery unit (HRU) can help dairy farmers reduce water heating costs by up to 50 per cent by maximising the energy efficiency of milk cooling and water heating.
Read more | Comments (0) | March 17 2010
Get the upper crust with slurry
ALLOWING a crust to form on a slurry lagoon or tank is a cost-free method of reducing emissions while storing manure and slurry, and will help get more nutrients from your muck into your soils and crops, according to the latest information from DairyCo.
Read more | Comments (0) | March 11 2010
Events
Anaerobic Digestion (where there is muck there is money!) - Nantwich, Cheshire
COME and listen to the dairy farmers who have on-farm AD at small, medium and large co-operative scale. Talk to technical suppliers, biogas buyers and funders.
Full Event Details | Starts March 23 2010 at 09:30AM
Cheshire Dairy Monitor Farm Launch Event - Winsford, Cheshire
MONITOR Farm launch at Clive Hall Farm, Clive Lane, Winsford CW7 3PA
Full Event Details | Starts March 24 2010 at 10:00AM
Fact Sheets
Woodchip Pads for out-wintering cattle
Published on 08 March 2010
Out-wintering pads (OWPs) offer a sustainable alternative to out-wintering livestock on 
grassland and a reduced cost alternative to conventional housing - according to a three year project part funded by DairyCo and EBLEX under the LINK Research Programme.
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woodchip_pads_for_outwintering_cattle_fact_sheet.pdf
What’s new to help nitrogen decisions in spring 2010?
Published on 24 February 2010
ADAS scientists have brought together new and topical information to help farmers make correct nitrogen decisions this Spring. The full text of the advice can be downloaded here.
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whats_new_to_help_nitrogen_decisions_in_spring_2010.pdf