Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: "Sir Brian's main focus obviously would be to protect the badgers"

I would like to start my first column by talking about what is going well, and what is not going so well, which is how we open things up at the robotics milking discussion group I am involved with

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Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: "Sir Brian's main focus obviously would be to protect the badgers"

So firstly the positives; fifth cut silage was completed at the end of August, and like many farmers in this area, this year has been a very good year for grass growth. And for our dry farm in particular...

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