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Mixture of dairy breeds on Northern Ireland farm

The Holstein, Ayrshire, Dairy Shorthorn and Jersey each have their breed merits and are milked as one herd on the McLean family's Priestland Farm

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Iain and John McLean
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Iain and John McLean

The Priestland herd is dominated by the Holstein, but there are also several Dairy Shorthorn cows, as well as 15 Ayrshires and a similar number of Jerseys among the 180-cow total, says John McLean who...

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