In your field: Alan Carter - "I think it is only right to try to help the next generation if you can"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a parish councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

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In your field: Alan Carter - "I think it is only right to try to help the next generation if you can"

We started the New Year here with our bovine TB test on January 2. It is the way to make sure that normality is resumed after the week of Christmas. We tested the cows and young calves on this day...

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