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Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: 'A crash in milk price is not what we need'

Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres

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As I sit writing this, just before Christmas, it looks like December is set to be the wettest month of the year. But overall, we are probably due for some rain to average the year out. For us, weather...

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