Brown Swiss takes dairy top honours at Northumberland

The sun shone as exhibitors gathered at this year's Northumberland County Show for a day of fierce competition

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Inter-breed dairy and any other dairy breed champion, Kedar Calvin Sanchia Maria from Jonny Lochhead and Jessica Miller and family, Dumfries
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Inter-breed dairy and any other dairy breed champion, Kedar Calvin Sanchia Maria from Jonny Lochhead and Jessica Miller and family, Dumfries

It was the Brown Swiss cow, Kedar Calvin Sanchia Maria from Jonny Lochhead and Jessica Miller and family, Dumfries, which took the dairy inter-breed title at the Bydwell-based event. The seventh calver...

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