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Opinion: "It's hot. It could be too hot"

FG livestock specialist Ellie Layton on kicking off the agricultural show season in a heatwave at Devon County

Ellie Layton
Livestock Specialist
clock • 2 min read
Farmers Guardian livestock specialist Ellie Layton
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Farmers Guardian livestock specialist Ellie Layton

If we couldn't moan about the weather... what else would we farmers moan about? But seriously... standing in the Devon County Show ring in over 25-degree blazing sun, spare a minute for the livestock,...

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