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In your field: Alan Carter - "The new bull obviously has settled in very well"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

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In your field: Alan Carter - "The new bull obviously has settled in very well"

I do not want to talk about the weather anymore. I have had enough of it; although that is all that there is to talk about now. It is pushing everyone to the limit and there seems to be no end in sight...

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