Dairy Talk: Claire Eastham - 'Cows are now on our meadow hay and settling into their dry period'

We are still shut down with TB. It is rumbling slightly, with one reactor in each of the past two tests. Obviously it is sod’s law that the best heifer had to go.

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Dairy Talk: Claire Eastham - 'Cows are now on our meadow hay and settling into their dry period'

We are still shut down with TB. It is rumbling slightly, with one reactor in each of the past two tests. Obviously it is sods law that the best heifer had to go. This will mean at least another test...

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