Martin Squires

Working with my farm clients, I can confirm it is not the producers, who are continually demoralised by the downward pressure on their way of life by the processors and retailers who give no value to the work they do and the needs of their businesses. The balance of control is very one-sided in so many respects, and the power of the contract they are ruled by offers little help to the situation of ...

Either there is more milk out there than processors can cope with, and there should be dumping, or they are still buying and using it in manufacturing, and stockpiling processed product, ready for releasing it onto the market when they have none, after producers have all either bailed out or ceased trading when the banks have pulled the plug. No-one is having their milk rejected locally as far as ...

Would this situation be improved by the use of vaccines aimed at various mastitis causing organisms, such as the Hipra vaccine Startvac? Could enhancing the natural immune response of the cow reduce case numbers, and improve response to therapy, reducing overall antimicrobial use?