More than 7,000 years ago ancient Britons were among the first to star farming cows for their milk, a study of pottery fragments has revealed. Scientists from the University of York tracked the shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to early farming in prehistoric Europe over about 1,500 years. The York team examined the molecular remains of … Read more
Down the drain: Dairy farmers share stories of their ‘utter desperation’ over the scandal of wasted milk following coronavirus shutdown of coffee shops Farmers usually reliant on coffee shops and airlines have poured milk away Farmers have been told the price of milk was going to be cut by 2 pence a litre Rules prevent … Read more
Neolithic ‘dirty dishes’ dug up in Shoreditch were used by London’s earliest East Enders who feasted on goat, beef, lamb and dairy products 5,600 years ago. Researchers used a groundbreaking new carbon dating technique to analyse traces of foods from pottery dug up on Shoreditch High Street, in the east of London. Scientists say that the Neolithic … Read more
The farmers also use technology to help reduce the carbon footprint of cows. Top 5 things to know about farm tech Tom Merritt explores five ways technology is changing farming. Cattle farmers have been incorporating new technologies into their management of cows for years now, using everything from facial recognition to milking robots. But the … Read more