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Farming matters: Stephen Dodsworth - 'The lack of shows is tough on those who live for them'

There鈥檚 no people like show people. Livestock shows, from the smallest village affair to the grandest of them all, are the heartbeat of so many like-minded people鈥檚 lives.

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Farming matters: Stephen Dodsworth - 'The lack of shows is tough on those who live for them'

There's no people like show people. Livestock shows, from the smallest village affair to the grandest of them all, are the heartbeat of so many like-minded people's lives. I'm a showaholic, born and...

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