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Growing Paraguay's dairy sector: Why training and development is key for future farmers

Better access to training is essential in Paraguay to ensure dairy farms become more efficient and the industry can grow

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Agromilk employs 30 workers, mostly Latinos from Paraguay who also live on-farm.
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Agromilk employs 30 workers, mostly Latinos from Paraguay who also live on-farm.

For the past 26 years, the Agromilk dairy farm in Paraguay has been milking cows on its 600-hectare (1,483-acre) site, and today has 30 staff working there. The farm, based at Colonia Tres Palmas, Caaguazu,...

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