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Introducing strategies to combat challenging conditions on Sussex sheep farm

One Sussex sheep farm is fine-tuning feeding strategies to maximise the potential of autumn grazing

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Bethan Klinkenberg and her husband Dominic.
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Bethan Klinkenberg and her husband Dominic.

Fifth-generation farmer Bethan Klinkenberg manages the 500-head Appledown Lleyn flock at Manor Farm, East Marden, on the South Downs, West Sussex. Farming with her family and husband Dominic, Mrs Klinkenberg...

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