Using genetics to drive profit and efficiency

Dairy farming is too often a marginal business, so there is a need to drive profitability, and genetics is a great place to start.

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Using genetics to drive profit and efficiency

Dairy farming is too often a marginal business, so there is a need to drive profitability, and genetics is a great place to start. Stuart Boothman, managing director of Cogent UK, says ‘genetics touch...

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