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Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: "We can't afford to leave it too late"

It feels more like spring here in Cheshire. For the first time in what feels like months, the concrete is dry

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Becky Fenton

The weather has been varied lately, which unfortunately has led to pneumonia in the calves. Sadly, we lost two calves recently, one of which was an older calf. We withdrew antibiotic powder a while...

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