Dairy Cows drinking water, Witherwin Farm, Lumb Brook Road, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3HH

Documentary stock photograph shows dairy cows drinking from a metal water trough in a green pasture at Witherwin Farm, Lumb Brook Road, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire. A pale cream cow fills the foreground, with its head lowered to the trough and ear tag visible, while a small mixed herd of black, brown and white cattle gathers in the field behind. The scene has a plain rural Cheshire feel, with hedgerows, trees, grass, muddy ground and soft overcast daylight suggesting ordinary British farm conditions rather than a staged agricultural image. It is useful for editorial features on dairy farming, livestock welfare, animal hydration, milk production, rural business, food security, farm labour, farm costs and the pressures facing the British farming sector. Yell lists P & C M Jones as farmers at Witherwin Farm, Lumb Brook Road, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 3HH, and Companies House records also place Witherwin Farm at that same address. The wider dairy context makes this image especially relevant: AHDB reported that GB dairy farm systems in 2024 remained broadly stable, while later AHDB commentary noted continuing consolidation, with fewer producers but larger average herds and commercial dairy farms averaging 165 cows in the June 2024 Defra census. UK government dairy statistics show the continuing scale of milk processing, with UK dairies processing 1, 206 million litres of milk in December 2024 alone. The picture can support stories about farmgate milk prices, supermarket supply chains, grazing systems, animal welfare standards, climate resilience, hot weather and drought planning, water provision for livestock, Cheshire agriculture, local food production and the changing structure of family farming. The close viewpoint on the drinking cow gives the image a strong welfare and resource-management angle, while the wider herd and field context make it suitable for agriculture, environment, food, rural affairs, local news and countryside features