Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "This spring will be the first year where we get to assess some of the new SFI schemes that we have entered"

I am certainly glad to see the end of the long period of wet weather we have been enduring in Somerset since October, and we are currently enjoying a crisp dry spell

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Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "This spring will be the first year where we get to assess some of the new SFI schemes that we have entered"

We experienced flash flooding in our cattle shed with 40ml of rain coming down in three hours to welcome the New Year in. The situation was trying to say the least. The mild wet autumn has meant grass...

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