Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "We were relieved to have a clear TB test at the beginning of November"

We were lucky enough to have a relatively quiet and drama-free Christmas period on the farm, with some drier weather helping

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The New Year, however, has brought wet and windy storms back to us. We have a local weather weatherman/enthusiast who I follow on social media; his annual review showed that we had 139% of our long-term...

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