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OPINION: The breeding season brings excitement, but bluetongue is testing farmers

Ellie Layton
Livestock Specialist
clock • 3 min read
OPINION: The breeding season brings excitement, but bluetongue is testing farmers

It is not often that a sale report opens with a line that stops you in your tracks, but that's exactly how auctioneer Russell Steer began yesterday's Exeter Mule Shearling Sale report. He said:...

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