UK dairy farmer: 92.5% of milk from forage

Great quality grass and efficient use of concentrate feed are enabling one UK farmer to get 92.5% of milk from forage. Mark Hoskins, who milks 410 Jersey Friesian crosses twice daily on 364 hectares at Down Dairy, Hindon, Wiltshire, has impressed judges so much that he is one of the finalists in the prestigious RABDF Gold Cup. Milk in the tank Hoskins’s spring block calving herd currently averages 5,200 litres and 480 kg milk solids at 5.05% butterfat and 3.82% protein with a SCC of 130,000