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Marketing lamb year round key focus for Devon farm

Nine years ago Mark and Tracy Weekes鈥� cattle enterprise at Silverton, near Exeter in Devon was devastated by bTB leading to a change in direction for the business. Rebecca Jordan reports.

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Marketing lamb year round key focus for Devon farm

Nine years ago Mark and Tracy Weekes' cattle enterprise at Silverton, near Exeter in Devon was devastated by bTB leading to a change in direction for the business. Rebecca Jordan reports. Rather than...

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