COWMEN COMMENT - FROM YORKSHIRE

摘要

David farms 183ha in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park with the help of his son Mathew. They run a 160-strong herd of pedigree Holstein Friesians, some of which are naturally polled. I must confess that I panicked a fortnight ago It was nearlythe end of October and high winds and heavy rain were forecast, so I decided that we had better bed up the cubicles and keep the cows in at night. I even thought about keeping them in during the day as well. We also bedded up one of the straw yards and put the dry cows that are close to calving in there.