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Dairy farming in Galicia: How Spain's dairy heartland is evolving

Galicia is Spain's largest milk producing area with 41.6% of the country's total dairy production coming from the region's dairy producers. Natalie Noble joined a study tour to Galicia to find out more about Spain's dairy heartland

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Dr Jesus de la Barrientos and Laura Seoane Novo at Ugasma, in Boimorto, where the farm's focus is on longevity and a circular system.
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Dr Jesus de la Barrientos and Laura Seoane Novo at Ugasma, in Boimorto, where the farm's focus is on longevity and a circular system.

Galicia has shifted toward intensification, with around 90% of dairy farms now housed, year-round calving and reliant on maize silage plus imported proteins like soya and canola. Milk prices sit at...

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