New Zealand dairying: Low cost milking system to pay off debt

Following a number of years sharemilking, Blair and Penelope Drysdale bought their own farm in 2018 and now aim to run as low cost a system as possible. Chris McCullough reports.

Katie Jones
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New Zealand dairying: Low cost milking system to pay off debt

Taking over a dairy farm comes with an immense cost and sometimes with crippling bank loans which must be paid back. This is a story Blair and Penelope Drysdale know too well. Following a number of...

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