Dairy Talk: Ben Yates - "On the day we were doing our second cut, we reached 36degC in Somerset"

Ben Yates manages Mells Park Estate in Somerset, where he oversees a 400-cow unit and manages the 405-hectare (1,000-acre) estate. Along with his wife and two sons, Ben has his own small herd of pedigree Holsteins under the Wowcow prefix. He joined the Holstein UK Board of Trustees in 2021

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Ben Yates.

What a good growing season we've had this year, with rain arriving just at the right time, followed by lots of hot weather. The clamps are as full as they've been in many years, following the harvest...

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