Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Having some spring grass available in the milking herd ration is driving some very encouraging milk yields"

Ifan Roberts is a new entrant who has established a contract farming agreement milking 500 block calving cows in Cheshire

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Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Having some spring grass available in the milking herd ration is driving some very encouraging milk yields"

As I write this I am sat in the farm office at 19:15 the night this article was due. I'm tired, hungry and stinking of milk after feeding calves. I guess it's safe to say it has been a busy couple of weeks...

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