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SHEEP: Young farmer overcomes challenges to establish Dutch Spotted flock

A young farmer from Cumbria has achieved her dream of owning her own flock and is rapidly gaining a reputation as a breeder of Dutch Spotted sheep. Sarah Alderton went to meet her.

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SHEEP: Young farmer overcomes challenges to establish Dutch Spotted flock

First-generation sheep farmer Eilidh Mae Hortin from Wigton, Cumbria, says winning the NSA Next GENE-eration prize has enabled her to take her pedigree flock of Dutch Spotted sheep to the next level...

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