A recent topic of conversation in my inbox has been the effect of giving cows a choice over access to grazing during heat stress periods. Several monitor farmers have commented…
AdminJuly 21, 2023
The cool wet weather reduced heat stress risks considerably and the rain has benefitted both grazing and silage crops. The Berkshire site suffered the most heat stress and high humidity…
AdminJuly 17, 2023
The weather in the past week has been much cooler with more cloud cover. Farms showed low levels of heat stress with small milk yield losses. However there was still…
AdminJuly 17, 2023
The cooler weather continued through the start of last week but then got hotter on Friday and through the weekend before easing off again yesterday. The hottest days were generally…
AdminJuly 12, 2023
The cooler weather continued through the start of last week but then got hotter on Friday and through the weekend before easing off again yesterday. The hottest days were generally…
AdminJuly 12, 2023
The hot weather has eased after the weekend. All monitor sites had their hottest days last Sunday and since then many are at very mild levels of heat stress or…
AdminJuly 2, 2023
The hot weather has eased after the weekend. All monitor sites had their hottest days last Sunday and since then many are at very mild levels of heat stress or…
AdminJuly 2, 2023
I am pleased to say that we have recently installed one of our monitoring devices at the Rothamsted Research site at North Wyke Farm Platform. This has been set up…
AdminJune 30, 2023
