A tough balancing act with 75 cows in France

摘要

Brothers Jean-Charles and Didier Blanckaert run their dairy herd at Saint Hilaire au Temple, which is just two hours east of Paris, with 160 hectares at their disposalCoupled with only lha of grass for cows to stretch their legs on, the farm has been subjected to long drought spells for the past two years, meaning drought resistant alfalfa is the only forage the farm can grow naturally, and other feeds have to be bought-in.