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Sunflowers a valuable source of protein for Holstein herd near Cardigan

A Welsh dairy farm is companion cropping maize with sunflowers to reduce its purchased protein costs

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Dyfrig and Llyr Griffiths are growing sunflowers in their maize
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Dyfrig and Llyr Griffiths are growing sunflowers in their maize

Dyfrig and Elin Griffiths and their son, Llyr, produce milk from 500 pedigree Holsteins at Tafarn y Bugail, near Cardigan, growing most of the feed that goes into the Total Mixed Ration (TMR). They...

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