Anna Bowen
2025
Anna Bowen manages a 300 cow spring block calving dairy herd through a contract farming agreement, focussing on producing milk from grass and mixed species swards. Her consultancy work for The Andersons Centre encompasses strategic, financial, and technical advice for dairy farmers, mostly pasture-based block-calving herds. Anna is a 2021 Nuffield Scholar with the study “Cow Calf Contact: Dairy’s Ethical Future?” and is the 2024 Dairy Industry Woman of the Year.
My Sessions
Rethinking Dairy for Animals, People and the Planet
Anna Bowen
Phyllida Warmington
Tom Tolputt
JJ Willcocks
What does it look like to truly do dairy differently? This session brings together pioneering dairy farmers who are transforming milk production—from keeping cows and calves together to regenerating soils and building resilient farming businesses. Combining stories from farmers committed to cow-calf dairying with those on the regenerative journey, we’ll explore the moral, ecological, and […]