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In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'Genetic diversity for a flock of animals is a good thing'

Silly season is upon us and we are right in the thick of it.

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In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'Genetic diversity for a flock of animals is a good thing'

Silly season is upon us and we are right in the thick of it. By the time this is published we will have sold our Mule gimmer lambs at Lazonby and brought to an end another year of work. First through...

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