Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "With much graft and determination we carved out a result"

Calving got under way without incident this year at Houghton Lodge and by the end of February we had successfully delivered over 60 per cent of our calvings

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Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "With much graft and determination we carved out a result"

But as we made our way into March and watched as the rain continued to fall, we found ourselves asking whether we were in for another wash out spring. Another personal concern of mine was that I was...

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