Dairy Talk - Gemma Smale-Rowland: "Sometimes taking a break is the most important thing you can do"

As we sit back and reflect on 2023, once again the roller coaster weather that we experienced played a significant, and challenging role, across the farming sector

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Dairy Talk - Gemma Smale-Rowland: "Sometimes taking a break is the most important thing you can do"

And as I write this article on one of the first days of 2024, many of you will be suffering with extreme rainfall with many acres of land now underwater. These weather extremes look like something we will...

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