Dual milking system offers flexibility on Cornish family dairy farm

Fifth-generation farming family, the Rowes, made the final six in the 2024 NMR/RADDF Gold Cup award for 2024 with their 450-cow herd in Cornwall

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Matthew, Andrew, and Joseph Rowe
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Matthew, Andrew, and Joseph Rowe

This was not the first time the Rowe family had made it to the final shortlist for the NMR/RABDF Gold Cup. Matthew Rowe, fifth generation to farm at Tredinnick Farm, near Liskeard, Cornwall, explains...

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