We seem to be ‘enjoying’ an Indian summer for the next 7 – 10 days. Temperatures have risen steadily since Wednesday and are forecast to remain high throughout the week.…
AdminSeptember 4, 2023
I was working on one of our monitor farms yesterday and had chance to watch some of the high yielders. With my phone’s stopwatch counting down a 15second interval I…
AdminAugust 30, 2023
Whilst the past week’s weather has been ‘pleasant’ by British standards there has been considerable local, and North-South, variation in heat stress risks. Many of the more southern farms were…
AdminAugust 29, 2023
The past week has been ‘pleasant summer weather’ by British standards. Outstanding grain harvesting was completed and clients have started to complain about having too much grass and silage! Most…
AdminAugust 29, 2023
The weather forecast delivered, and we have had a decent week of ‘summer’ weather. Sheds on all of our monitor farms have suffered mild heat stress throughout the week and…
AdminAugust 21, 2023
The weather forecasters were right and we have had a good week of ‘summer’ weather. Conditions have varied across the country with the south seeming to enjoy hotter, sunnier days.…
AdminAugust 21, 2023
Several of our monitor farms are working to install fans to help with cow cooling. These tend to be the big (60” to 72” diameter) vertical fans – often with…
AdminAugust 14, 2023
With the on-going poor weather one is tempted to forget about heat stress! However, now we are in the peak of the summer season, the underlying temperatures are all much…
AdminAugust 14, 2023
