Herd reduction on the cards to prolong US farm's future

A sixth-generation young farmer is bucking the trend and is considering reducing cow numbers so her family's farm can stay in business

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Herd reduction on the cards to prolong US farm's future

The farm run by 34-year-old Anne Ennis in Brooklyn, Connecticut, is fairly typical of a dairy unit in the USA; it has stood the test of time, but is now in need of significant investment to bring it up...

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