Constant selection leads to improved flock performance

The English National Sheep Dog Trials will be held in South Yorkshire for the first time later this month. Angela Calvert visited host Graham Pears, ahead of the event.

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Constant selection leads to improved flock performance

Flash House Farm, Millhouse Green, is the base for Graham Pears and family's sheep enterprise which stretches across 728 hectares (1,800 acres) with additional rented land further afield. It is home...

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