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How a Scottish dairy farm slashed labour costs with an innovative new calf shed design

A focus on calf health and the opportunity for industry collaboration has seen the Vance family improve calf performance and farm efficiency, cutting labour costs by 75%

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Left to right: Stewart, Ethel and Ross Vance.
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Left to right: Stewart, Ethel and Ross Vance.

Looking after the future of the herd is key for the Vance family of High Skeog Farm, who farm on the southwest coast of Scotland. Together with his parents Stewart and Ethel, and his wife Katie, Ross...

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