New report suggests 50 ways to be an outstanding dairy farmer

A report, which highlights the characteristics of top-performing dairy farms, has suggested a list of ‘50 ways to be outstanding'

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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New report suggests 50 ways to be an outstanding dairy farmer

The ‘characteristics of top performing dairy farms in the UK', published by AHDB in partnership with The Andersons Centre, was first released in 2018, but has now been updated to reflect the removal of...

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