Dairy Talk - Matthew Winter: 'Will Lincolnshire soon be responsible for powering the light in the fridge?'

The second half of June always seems to be a particularly chaotic time for us, with Lincolnshire Show (our local show), second cut silage and multiple Arla deadlines all seeming to come together.

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Dairy Talk - Matthew Winter: 'Will Lincolnshire soon be responsible for powering the light in the fridge?'

We usually take a team of six or seven animals of all ages to Lincolnshire Show, which, as everyone always comments, is a really nice friendly show. Although it struggles a bit for dairy cattle numbers,...

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