Film
A Dairy Story (PG)
Dir. Ian Finlay, UK, 2025, 78 mins.
Every day, thousands of dairy calves are separated from their mothers at birth. It's one of the most divisive questions in dairy farming. Wilma and David Finlay risk everything to prove there’s another way. A Dairy Story shows how changing a farming system changes everything; from the lives of the animals to the wellbeing of the farmers, and perhaps the future of dairy farming itself. A Dairy Story follows David and Wilma as they abandon conventional methods and transition their Scottish farm to become the first in Europe to make a cow-with-calf dairy system commercially viable.
What begins as a question of animal welfare opens into climate, environment, and ultimately something far more personal: a story about change, about trusting nature, and about the time we have together.
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Every day, thousands of dairy calves are separated from their mothers at birth. It's one of the most divisive questions in dairy farming. Wilma and David Finlay risk everything to prove there’s another way. A Dairy Story shows how changing a farming system changes everything; from the lives of the animals to the wellbeing of the farmers, and perhaps the future of dairy farming itself. A Dairy Story follows David and Wilma as they abandon conventional methods and transition their Scottish farm to become the first in Europe to make a cow-with-calf dairy system commercially viable.
What begins as a question of animal welfare opens into climate, environment, and ultimately something far more personal: a story about change, about trusting nature, and about the time we have together.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk