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Montbeliardes are good for business on Staffordshire dairy farm

Making the switch to Montbeliardes over a decade ago ignited a passion for the breed in the Cotton family but also formed the basis of a successful business model. Chloe Palmer reports.

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Left to right: Andrew Cotton, Tom Knight, Rebecca Knight, and Teresa Cotton.
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Left to right: Andrew Cotton, Tom Knight, Rebecca Knight, and Teresa Cotton.

Hailing from a family that was entirely wedded to the Holstein breed, Andrew Cotton and his wife Teresa were hesitant about converting to the Montbeliarde. But after losing 12 cows to TB in late 2009,...

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