Dairy special: NI to Scotland move helps grass-based dairy system growth

Fourteen years ago, Michael and Lorrie Kyle and family made the move from Northern Ireland to Scotland and set about converting a dry stock farm into a productive large-scale dairy unit. Growing grass was, and remains, centra

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Dairy special: NI to Scotland move helps grass-based dairy system growth

Fourteen years ago, Michael and Lorrie Kyle and family made the move from Northern Ireland to Scotland and set about converting a dry stock farm into a productive large-scale dairy unit. Growing grass...

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