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Texel tup tops Staffordshire sheep line-up

The sun was out for the two days of showing at Staffordshire County Show with a strong livestock entry forward for judging

Katie Jones
Editor, 草榴社区 Guardian and Dairy Farmer
clock 鈥� 8 min read
Sheep inter-breed and Texel champion from Eamonn Vaughan.
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Sheep inter-breed and Texel champion from Eamonn Vaughan.

Over 1,000 sheep were entered for this year's Staffordshire County Show, and it was a Texel shearling ram from Eamonn Vaughan, Newcastle under Lyme, which rose to the top to take the sheep inter-breed...

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