Emma Gray's Farming Life: "I witnessed how devastating wildfires could be, not to mention the carbon release"

In a blog for Farmers Guardian, shepherdess and top sheepdog triallist Emma Gray talks about how rewilding could put the country at risk of wildfires, and reflects on a better lambing than last year

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Emma Gray's Farming Life: "I witnessed how devastating wildfires could be, not to mention the carbon release"

All those carefully laid plans to lamb inside to avoid the harsh weather, and what happens? Of course, the best April weather in years. Not that we are complaining, the sunshine and warm temperatures were...

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