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Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "As a family, we have been to several local shows where both our boys have enjoyed success in their handling classes"

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Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "As a family, we have been to several local shows where both our boys have enjoyed success in their handling classes"

It has been a busy couple of months through our calving period, with 360 calvings in eight weeks

clock 18 October 2024 鈥� 3 min read
Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "It has been a welcome relief to have received several milk price increases through the spring"

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Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "It has been a welcome relief to have received several milk price increases through the spring"

At long last we are enjoying some warm, dry weather here in Somerset. We have been lucky enough to grab some weather windows to do our first and second cuts on our Italian lays, and our first cut on everything else

clock 12 July 2024 鈥� 3 min read
Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "Silage pits are getting low from the long winter we have endured"

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Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "Silage pits are getting low from the long winter we have endured"

In Somerset, spring is trying to show its face between the rain showers. The warmer weather that we enjoyed recently gave us good growth rates of 34kg of dry matter/hectare per day

clock 18 April 2024 鈥� 3 min read