Weighing up once-a-day milking

Careful budgeting and persistence are the key requirements to the success of once-a-day milking systems. Wendy Short reports.

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Weighing up once-a-day milking

Careful budgeting and persistence are the key requirements to the success of once-a-day milking systems. Wendy Short reports. Once-a-day milking has the potential to achieve a yield average of 4,000kg/cow,...

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