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One-man parlour provides fixed cost benefit for family dairy farm

Installing a new parlour has more than halved standing time, reduced mastitis cases, improved foot health and increased yield for the Jenkins family

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Iwan Jenkins

Until the installation of a new parlour in 2021, milking was taking Iwan and Sian Jenkins, who farm with their son Steffan at Tyllwyd Farm, Lampeter, over eight hours a day. Now milking of the family's...

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