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Finishing store lambs allows business to expand

Robert and Becca Spink have built up a sizeable store sheep finishing enterprise through the acquisition of various rented grazing plots.

Angela Calvert
Head of Livestock, Shows and Sales
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Finishing store lambs allows business to expand

The Spink family run their sheep enterprise from the 24-hectare (60-acre) Dunhill Farm near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Unlike many producers, whose busiest period is lambing time, their main workload begins...

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