In your field: Ian Garnett - "Polish workers put our on-farm challenges into context"

Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are homereared and cows are on a composite system. Ian is a representative for Sainsbury’s Dairy Development Group and sits on the AHDB Genetics Advisory Forum

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In your field: Ian Garnett - "Polish workers put our on-farm challenges into context"

Goodness gracious, what a spring. Never, in my 40 years of full-time farming, let alone part-time from the age of being able to wear wellingtons, have I witnessed a deluge like this before. Maize ...

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