The family running different milking regimes on two dairy farms to alleviate labour constraints

The Yates family run two pedigree Holstein herds in Kirkcudbrightshire on the same management system, with one milked three times a day and the other twice

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East Logan Farm, near Castle Douglas, has been owned by the Yates family since the early 1970s, and they bought the neighbouring Stepend Farm and took over its existing herd in 2020. East Logan carries...

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