Thursday 30 November, 2023

Young farmers build business and take on two dairy farms in Canada

Starting off in dairying is a tough challenge for anyone, but one young couple in Ontario have bucked the trend and are now running two farms

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Canadian dairy farmer Eric Mossley
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Canadian dairy farmer Eric Mossley

First generation dairy farmers Eric and Courtney Veldhuizen own and operate Velstar Dairy, which sees them milk 70 cows on one farm at Mossley and another 80 cows on a second farm at Tillsonburg. Eric's...

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