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Safeguarding the future of Berkshire pigs

As well as managing his own herd, Chris Hudson is involved in a number of conservation and promotion projects for rare breed pigs.

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Safeguarding the future of Berkshire pigs

Chris Hudson has been involved with pigs for most of his life, starting by helping on a farm when still at school, which led to a herd of 150 commercial sows of his own in the 1980s and 1990s, before establishing...

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