Meet new RABDF chair Robert Craig

Cumbrian dairy farmer Robert Craig stepped into the role of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) chair at the end of last year

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Meet new RABDF chair Robert Craig

Robert Craig, a third-generation dairy farmer, grew up on a traditional small family farm in Cumbria, where he and his father ran a herd of 40 milking cows alongside a flock of 300 ewes and a small herd...

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