Dairy cross-breeding is gaining momentum

We live in an age of change, and farming has not missed out on the steady march of progress.

Some farmers embrace change faster and more enthusiastically than others, but in the end they all move to new techniques and technologies. Many will remember when tractors were two-wheel drive, and regularly got stuck in the mud. Or when fencing stakes were routinely driven in by hand, when a good cow gave 1,000 galls a lactation.

The new farming technology is to be seen at shows and events which are hugely popular. When I go, I make a conscious effort to spend a good deal of time touring the smaller stands where technology is not metal and rubber but methods and smaller innovations. My eyes were opened at the Livestock Event last September by Geno, a business focussing on cattle cross-breeding.