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Emma Gray's Farming Life: "These little decisions, like when to sell lambs, can make or break the year"

Shepherdess and top sheepdog triallist Emma Gray discusses the gamble behind everyday farming choices, from when to market lambs to whether to vaccinate

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Emma Gray's Farming Life: "These little decisions, like when to sell lambs, can make or break the year"

I wouldn't say I've ever been much of a gambler. I don't enjoy the risk. But then I think about how in agriculture we create a product reliant largely on British weather - the notoriously unpredictable...

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