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How one Devonshire beef finishing unit is driving productivity up and costs down

At an open day hosted by the National Beef Association South West in conjunction with Lely, attendees heard how automation has helped accelerate finishing times on a Devon farm

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Andrew and Bryan Olde

Installing an automatic feeding system has helped Devonshire beef finishers, Andrew and Bryan Olde, more than double throughput. They have also realised labour and fuel savings of almost 拢22,000 annually...

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