It might seem a similar picture for dairy farmers this year as it was last year, with the prolonged drought and a growing, sizeable dent in the silage clamp. But the milk price is certainly not the same....
It might seem a similar picture for dairy farmers this year as it was last year, with the prolonged drought and a growing, sizeable dent in the silage clamp. But the milk price is certainly not the same....
Ben Yates manages Mells Park Estate in Somerset, where he oversees a 400-cow unit and manages the 405-hectare (1,000-acre) estate. Along with his wife and two sons, Ben has his own small herd of pedigree Holsteins under the Wowcow prefix. He joined the Holstein UK Board of Trustees in 2021
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