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Big investments in milking technology are not always about chart-topping cow numbers or yields

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For one dairy farmer in mid-Devon, it is about steady growth, efficiency and keeping it simple The 64-point rotary parlour at Appledore Farm near Crediton, Devon, milks around 320 cows per hour at peak...

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