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In your field: Ian Garnett - "It was so good to see the young people in our area so interested in farming"

Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are homereared and cows are on a composite system. Ian is a representative for Sainsbury鈥檚 Dairy Development Group and sits on the AHDB Genetics Advisory Forum

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In your field: Ian Garnett - "It was so good to see the young people in our area so interested in farming"

The month of May finally brought with it some breaks in the weather. The opportunity to then empty, or at least start emptying, lagoons, start working maize ground and to get in the first cut silage...

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