Adjusting to life with robots on fourth generation dairy farm

Moving from an eight-unit abreast parlour to milking robots has brought change, opportunity and growth, but also significant adjustment to Tim Jeynes and his family

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Adjusting to life with robots on fourth generation dairy farm

Tim Jeynes farms in partnership with his father, Trevor, and is the fourth generation to farm at Red House Farm near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. His wife, Yvonne; son, Dom; daughter, Kim; and stepson,...

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