DAIRY SPECIAL: Mobile parlour gets dairy herd moving

An innovative mobile milking parlour is helping a 400-cow dairy herd restore soil fertility on a large organic arable estate. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

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DAIRY SPECIAL: Mobile parlour gets dairy herd moving

An innovative mobile milking parlour is helping a 400-cow dairy herd restore soil fertility on a large organic arable estate. Jonathan Wheeler reports. A mobile dairy means the 400-cow dairy herd at...

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