Dairy Shorthorns breed of choice for Derbyshire farming family

The Amber herd is one of the oldest Dairy Shorthorn herds in the country but the cows are proving their worth across a wide range of modern farming systems. Chloe Palmer reports

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L to R: Herdsmen Josh Neville and Mick Taylor with Julie and James Hole.
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L to R: Herdsmen Josh Neville and Mick Taylor with Julie and James Hole.

Dairy Shorthorns have been the breed of choice for the Hole family for almost eight decades. James Hole's grandfather established the herd a couple of miles from the family's current home, Eddlestow Hall...

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