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The non-negotiables of calf rearing at Staffordshire dairy farm

A high standard of colostrum management and a slow weaning process are two 鈥榥on-negotiable' elements of calf rearing for Staffordshire-based Dan Lovatt, who milks 1,000 Jersey cross Friesian spring calvers across two site

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Dan and Natalie Lovatt with their daughter Pippa
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Dan and Natalie Lovatt with their daughter Pippa

Dan Lovatt farms at New Grange in a 50:50 partnership with John Furnival on a 526-hectare (1,300-acre) rented unit in Eccleshall, Staffordshire. The herd, which has a yield average of 5,600kg at 4.7% butterfat...

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