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How one Cornish family went from council farm tenants to dairy farm owners

Producing Jersey cows which combine show-ring quality with the ability to perform in a commercial grazing system is fundamental to the breeding policy of the Cornwall-based Quintrell herd

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Left to right: Mike, Ellen, Henry and Claire Colwell moved into Carwen 51AV视频in 2020 with 275 cows.
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Left to right: Mike, Ellen, Henry and Claire Colwell moved into Carwen 51AV视频in 2020 with 275 cows.

The Quintrell herd at Carwen Farm, near Looe, comprises 341 spring block-calvers run by Mike Colwell, his wife, Claire, and their daughter, Ellen. The family's association with Jerseys however started...

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