We are suffering our first heatwave of the summer. The weather changed subtly last Friday with a change in wind direction and since then heat stress risk and THI scores…
AdminJune 16, 2023
I was visiting one of our Monitor farms in Devon yesterday and had the chance to see how the cows were coping with the current heat wave. These cows had…
AdminJune 16, 2023
The risk of heat stress in grazing cows very much varied across the country. Wales and North England were low risk but the SW was quite a bit hotter. Night…
AdminJune 7, 2023
We have had a high pressure system over England and some beautiful sunny weather – at least in the South. Temperatures have risen during the day resulting in some short…
AdminJune 7, 2023
The past week has been typical weather for May – nice sunny periods with some showers. The image below shows the heat stress situation for housed cows on our monitor…
AdminMay 22, 2022
The past week has been typical weather for May – nice sunny periods with some showers. The image below shows the heat stress situation for grazing cows on our monitor…
AdminMay 22, 2022
I am pleased to announce that we will be monitoring and reporting heat stress levels on British farms again in 2022. With support from Lallemand Animal Nutrition we will be…
AdminMay 4, 2022
In Southern England we have had great weather over Easter. Our two Labradors where panting and keen to seek out any cool shade - so how were more productive dairy…
AdminApril 19, 2022
