I’m sitting at my computer thinking about what I can write that’s topical, interesting, and keeping you wanting to read on! There are no shows for the chat and nothing much going on elsewhere. In fact, things are pretty dull apart from the weather. We’ve certainly had some beautiful, if cold, days of late. Spring work is in overdrive and looking at the dry pen, so will calving be, soon. Hopefully, before long we’ll see stock at grass. There’s nothing nicer than seeing new-born lambs skipping up and down the fields. Enough waffle. What has been happening is a state-of-the-art Dairy Nexus has moved a step closer to reality – £8m is being invested in this flagship facility at the Barony College, near Dumfries, in a bid to reduce our carbon footprint. Like it or lump it, decarbonising the dairy industry should be on all our agendas, particularly if you’re on a supermarket contract.