It has a capacity for 660-head of cattle, and on the 12 of November, the first cattle were housed "The shed can house 300 cows, and about 360 six month old calves" John tells us, "it's also has the ...

The cows are happier moving around the shed and we see more bulling activity. A Lely robot scraper cleans the passages twice every 24 hours, which keeps the cows’ feet clean and dry.

Farmers John and Sarah Allwood erected a new dry cow shed three years ago to replace an existing straw-bedded yard and calving boxes. At the time cows would rejoin the milking herd post calving.

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