SHEEP SPECIAL: 'Keeping sheep in a plantation requires a different approach to keeping them in a field'

Tree-safe sheep have reduced reliance on herbicides by about 90 per cent and halved the need for mowing and strimming on one Welsh Christmas tree farm. Pippa Geddes reports.

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SHEEP SPECIAL: 'Keeping sheep in a plantation requires a different approach to keeping them in a field'

Tree-safe sheep have reduced reliance on herbicides by about 90 per cent and halved the need for mowing and strimming on one Welsh Christmas tree farm. Pippa Geddes reports. Shropshire sheep have a...

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