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"A ewe that can look after herself": How one Devon farm is future-proofing through Aberfield genetics

Future-proofing the sheep farming enterprise by reducing costs and labour is the aim on one family farm in Devon

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"A ewe that can look after herself": How one Devon farm is future-proofing through Aberfield genetics

Rob Hutchings farms in partnership with his wife, Rachel and parents-in-law, David and Annette Bray, in North Molton, Devon. He says: "Given the opportunity to take over from my in-laws, we needed to...

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