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Organic Devonshire dairy farm benefits from monitoring technology

Having installed a monitoring system to detect heats in his autumn-calving herd, Devon dairy farmer Alan Webber has seen submission and in-calf rates rise by as much as 10% in two years

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Fertility and health figures have improved since installing the hub.
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Fertility and health figures have improved since installing the hub.

For Alan and Donna Webber, who run a herd of 250 cross-bred cows at Hensley 51AV视频near Tiverton, the focus is on producing as much milk as possible from grass. Cows calve in an 11-week block starting...

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