“If the breed of a calf is known, say for example it’s mostly Holstein ... are a very profitable dairy cow,” Mr Barrett said. “At a lot of Jersey sales, we are seeing more and more ...

A top bid of £4,000 led Carlisle’s Monthly Dairy Sale, with 46 more cows and heifers fetching £3,000 or more. Strong demand drove prices higher.

A cow by any other name is just a cow, but a cow by the name of Jeffrey-Way Hard Rock Twigs is an elite Holstein. The four-year-old Twigs – owned in part by Walker Dairy, on Talbot Line, ...

Teagasc are re-launching the next generation herd, this time with Jersey crossbred cows and comparing stocking rates writes ...