SHEEP: New NSA chair looks to the future

Peter Delbridge, the incoming chairman of the National Sheep Association gives his views on the future of the sheep industry and his hopes for his own farm. Marina Schjoett reports

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SHEEP: New NSA chair looks to the future

Sitting high on the southern fringes of Exmoor, Blindwell Farm is home to the newly appointed National Sheep Association chairman, Peter Delbridge, and his family. They keep three flocks comprising of...

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