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Cowmen Comment - You miss a good cattle dog when you haven’t got one. Paul Higgins is a fourth generation producer who runs 90 British Friesian cows at Long Marston, near Stratford-upon-Avon, but is now looking to expand his summer block calving herd to 100.

On farm - Developing a herd of hard-wearing and productive cows on an uncomplicated feeding system underpins the day-to-day running of the Harrison family’s Crossrigg Holstein herd in Cumbria.

Fertility results - Findings from the UK’s second Metricure National Fertility survey, supported by Dairy Farmer, make for some interesting reading says Mark Burnell from Synergy Farm Health vets in Dorset.

Grassland event preview - Following hot on the heels of SIMA, there is a good chance many of the newly-launched machines from the French show will make their British debut at Stoneleigh.

Roger Evans - Finding a bit of winter kill in some of his best swards, Roger Evans is beginning to wonder if he was right to stop the tack sheep - but then he did have to put up with the vicissitudes of sheepmen!

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