The announcement of the first ever Dairy Industry Woman of the Year Award winner brought delegates flocking to this year’s Women in Dairy Conference (Wednesday 20 September) making it the most successful yet

The first ever Dairy Industry Woman of the Year Award has seen an unprecedented number of nominations with Cornish dairy farmer and NFU group chair Bridget Whell, livestock sustainability consultant Jude Capper and 2016 Devon county woman farmer of the year Nicky Lockyer announced as the finalists.

2010 NMR/RABDF Gold Cup winner Mike King from Gloucestershire updates British Dairying on the latest farm developments since his last article in October 2011.

A final call for applications has been issued by RABDF ahead of this year’s Entrepreneurs in Dairying course, starting again mid-September at four colleges across the UK.