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Starting out as a herdsman just over a decade ago, Jimmy Pritt is now milking almost 1,000 cows across two very different Leicestershire units on a contract farming arrangement. Wendy Short reports.
The installation of robots in 2019 paved the way for David Luxton and his family to realise system benefits throughout the farm by managing fixed costs more efficiently and focussing on generating more milk with lower operating costs. Íæż½ã½ã reports.
Showing dairy cattle is a passion for the Rickard family, who have built up a successful dairy herd from scratch, and future proofed their family farm along the way. Ellie Layton finds out more.
Both pedigree and commercial sheep breeds play a key role for the Peebles-based Thornborrow family, but their passion for the Scotch Mule shines through