Tess defies odds to make full recovery

There are some things that we can’t do much about. And the weather, unfortunately, is one of them.

The sub-zero temperatures, snow and ice of a few winters ago, for instance. This year an incredibly wet summer has resulted in a severe shortage of animal feed and land that never seems to have dried out.

Many farmers were forced to house their animals in order to protect their fields and animals. And this, of course, meant that these animals had to be fed, using up previous supplies of winter feed way too early.

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