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Beltex at the core of commercially-orientated Callacrag flock in Lanarkshire

Having had a clear focus on breeding low maintenance flock replacements since his first pedigree purchases as a young man, Andrew Baillie has continued to concentrate on the commercial traits of the Beltex

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Beltex at the core of commercially-orientated Callacrag flock in Lanarkshire

Some 20-plus years on from the establishment of his Callacrag prefix, Andrew Ballie's pedigree Beltex, together with crossbred and pedigree Texels, share a low-input leader-follower rotational grazing...

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