In the last two installments of the Sustainability Chronicles we looked at how sustainability within a farming organisation can be developed by taking an Animal Centred Approach. It’s all well and good having an idea but the next question should be; how do we make it work? We have to embrace the technicality of the system and learn the science behind the Animal Centred Approach. Take a professional rugby player for example. These men and women don’t just make it to the big le

What will dairy farming look like in another 10 years? One strategy to answer this question is to chart the current pressures on the industry and extend those trends. Environmentally, nitrate leaching, phosphate and effluent runoff will be increasingly regulated. Antibiotic resistance issues will reach tipping point and as such antibiotic use in production animals will be curtailed. And, animal welfare regulation will fundamentally change our management systems. Anticipating