Young French farmer has high hopes for the future

A young dairy farmer milking cows on his partnership farm in France says they are being very cautious about expanding the herd even with the disappearance of milk quotas. Thibaut Cordel is only 28 years old and is one partner in a dairy farm located near the French border with Germany. Their farm is called Ferme de l’Alliance which is a partnership farm between 8 people and has an extra 2 workers to help out. On the farm there are 240 mainly Holstein cows which produce an average of 10,50