“Farmers spend 2 to 5% of their time on breeding but it delivers 30 to 50% of improvement on farm and has a massive influence on profitability. We need to spend more time making breeding decisions” Andy Rutter Clayden Farm Partners #BreedingBlocks

Alice (FriarsMoorLivestockHealth) doing an awesome job presenting research on heifer sync protocols at BCVA #dbr #lovecows

Remember reading that U.S. #dairy farmers cut the #carbonfootprint of a gallon of #milk by 63% between 1944 and 2007? Here's the update: a gallon of #milk produced in 2017 had a 19.2% lower carbon footprint than milk in 2007. Moo-nificent! academic.oup.com/jas/advance-ar… @P8_4ward

There hasn't been a vet elected to parliament since 1884! The input of a vet in parliament would be fantastic for dealing with issues of #animalwelfare, agriculture and tackling antimicrobial resistance #AMR. Any support or RTs would be appreciated! dannychambers.org.uk/send_a_vet_to_…

As British farmers we’ll do all we can to keep food on the shelves. #StayHealthyEveryone #CoronaCrisisuk #WeStandWithYou

Back British farming 🐄 🐑 🐂🥛🥩🧀

Fiiiiiiinally! #DBR #lovestats #jerseys #teamdairy #calvethemyoung veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/early/…

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Poor animal #welfare? #GeneEditing allows for improved welfare, including cattle that are less susceptible to heat stress and/or more resistant to disease; and cattle that are polled - eliminating the need for dehorning. Examine the science, not the knee-jerk rhetoric.

Terrible sense of humour and frequent unruly hairstyle, but otherwise a pretty good human

Study of over 500 robot herds finds free-flow traffic adds 2.5 pounds/cow dairyherd.com/news/study-ove… More at #PDairy2015 z.umn.edu/pd2015

Look after your calves and they'll look after you... #babies #hiddencosts x.com/plantoproduce/…

Arrive on farm to see PROPER cleaning of calf feeding equipment-YAY! #calfhealth #topjob #noscoursfor4months

Do you know where your surgical instruments come from? #isthisethical #dayforaction Guy's and St Thomas' bma.org.uk/features/isthi…

Ventilation system designed using The Dairyland Initiative PPTV calculator has resulted in big drop in pneumonia #freshair x.com/totaldairy/sta…

13.5 miles and 1800ft of incline is tough work but turns out a glass milk is an epic recovery drink!#thanksteamdairy

RCVS muddled over homeopathy goo.gl/dQ2DKf #RCVS #homeopathy Danny Chambers MP 🔸🩺 Edzard Ernst Simon Singh Ben Goldacre

Why the RCVS redirect soft position on #homeopathy must be changed: "...being well-intentioned and deluded is no substitute for being right."

Anyone got a spare twenty minutes? And fancy a go wining at some free wellies? (I'm a size 7 if you win!) #teamdairy x.com/EWJLoveday/sta…