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Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: "I realised our own robotic system made us vulnerable to hackers"

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

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Robert Reed.

What a start we have had to 2026. Over 500mm of rain in the first two months of this year, half our annual rainfall. My previous article was written in December 2025, after what we considered to be...

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