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Beauty cow queen meets Miss Scotland

A beauty queen met her match recently after donning her wellies to pose with a beauty queen of the bovine kind- Scottish dairy cow Balise.

Lady Shamrock's diary

Thanks for stopping by. My name is Lady Shamrock and I'm a dairy cow - one of around 1.5 million in Britain.

Daisy, Daisy! Love songs made from dairy cows’ moos put online to bring the farmyard closer

It may sound udderly ridiculous, but a collection of love songs made from cows' moos is being released to help people get in the 'moo-d' ahead of Valentine's Day and understand more about British dairy farming.

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Cows producing milk for cheese are fed a different diet to those producing liquid milk


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All about dairy farming

All about dairy farming

We drink around 5 billion litres of milk in Britain each year - the equivalent of 2,000 Olympic-size swimming pools or enough to drink a glass of milk every day for 54 million years.

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Caring for the environment

Caring for the environment

Dairy farms have traditionally played an important role in rural Britain, with farmers taking great care and pride in protecting the environment.

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