Increased use of contractors for fodder production
Dairy farmers are now looking after many more cows per labour unit than in previous generations. In addition, farm sizes and the area needing to be harvested etc. has increased resulting in the need for larger machinery which has become much more expensive. This makes the use of contractors for fodder production an attractive option for dairy farmers
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Contribution detail info
R4D
Resilience For Dairy
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Europe
- Authors
- Jason Rankin
- Purpose
- Education/Training
- Communication
- Dissemination
- File type
- Document
- File size
- 220 kB
- Created on
- 30-06-2024
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- R4D
- License
- CC BY
- Keywords
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