New Ideas Result From Visits ; Following a Successful Series of Study Visits, a Group of North Devon Dairy Farmers has Pioneered the Adoption of Innovative Concepts and Techniques New to the Uk That Are Now Helping Them Improve the Efficiency, Productivity and Profitability of Their Farms.

Western Morning News, The › June 11, 2009

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Following a successful series of study visits, a group of North Devon dairy farmers has pioneered the adoption of innovative concepts and techniques new to the UK that are now helping them improve the efficiency, productivity and profitability of their farms.

Made possible by RDPE funding that the farmers gained through the South West Rural Enterprise Gateway, the UK and overseas visits have resulted in farms within the group adopting a wide range of radical new practices in their day-to-day operations.

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New Ideas Result From Visits ; Following a Successful Series of Study Visits, a Group of North Devon Dairy Farmers has Pioneered the Adoption of Innovative Concepts and Techniques New to the Uk That Are Now Helping Them Improve the Efficiency, Productivity and Profitability of Their Farms.

These include techniques to prevent aerobic spoilage of maize silage, introducing a modified design of feed barriers to reduce p...

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