An upland suckler unit is cutting its housed period and silage requirement and aiming to reduce its costs, which were £525.85 a cow last year. The Sordy family at Alnham Farm, near Alnwick, historically housed their Simmental cross Angus commercial suckler herd from November through to turnout after calving in April. To do this, the […]
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