From mid-March to May we had only 14mm of rain. The recently drilled wholecrop and fodder beet were starting to suffer, and we decided to delay sowing grass, lucerne and red clover. Luckily, before mowing first cut, we welcomed 20mm and grass growth lifted to 80kg/day. Weather, like milk price, is out of our control. […]
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