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A dairy farm facing unique challenges in the Swiss Alps

Leer in North Germany is snow-covered. It is an area for dairy farmers: almost exclusively grassland on clay soil.
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Regenerative agriculture and dairy farming

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Dairy prices up, Chinese dairy demand still uncertain

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