All heifer calves are retained to join the main herd at Kyla Sipila farm.
Spending € 2 million on modernising a dairy farm could be a serious risk, particularly when milk prices are falling but that’s exactly what one young couple in Finland have done. Now they are on track to pay back the loan. Over the past 7 years Kati Saarinen, 41, and husband Marko Rasanen, 40, have installed 3 new Lely milking robots as well as building new accommodation for the main herd, dry cows and just recently, a new calf house. They are on track to have their bank loan of € 1 mil
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