Find out how the milk in your fridge is produced by Britain's dairy cows and about the farmers who care for them.
Resources
Want to find out more about the health benefits of milk and
dairy products?
Click
here
Find out more about the Red Tractor on your milk carton.
The Red Tractor Farm Assurance Dairy Scheme ensures that
Britain's dairy farms are of the highest standard.
Click here for more details.
The National Farmers Union is the voice of British
Farming.
Visit their website.
Why Farming Matters contains details of the NFU's campaign to promote the importance of farming, including dairy farming.
Dairy UK is the trade body representing the interests of dairy processors.
DairyCo is a levy-funded, not-for-profit organisation working on
behalf on Britain's dairy farmers.
Visit DairyCo's website here.
Teachers wanting to know about setting up a school milk scheme, or obtaining resources for use in the classroom should click here.
The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) is the
only independent organisation dedicated to representing the
interests of British dairy farmers.
Find out more about their activities.
Visit the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs's website here.
Find out how dairy farmers and dairy organisations around the world are working together to reduce their environmental impact through the Global Dairy Agenda for Action on Climate Change.
Fact or Fiction
Cows are given medicines that may end up in milk.
All about dairy farming
We drink around 5 billion litres of milk in Britain each year - the equivalent of 2,000 Olympic-size swimming pools or enough to drink a glass of milk every day for 54 million years.
News and press
Members of the press requiring information about dairy farming
in Britain should contact the DairyCo press office.
News and
press | Email the press office