West Sussex farmer aims for high performance sheep on high value grassland

The British Grassland Society's summer meeting included visits to livestock farmers in the South of England making low input grassland work for their systems

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Andrew and Chris Hodgkins
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Andrew and Chris Hodgkins

Andrew Hodgkins, with his father Chris, has run the Locks New Zealand (NZ) Romney sheep breeding operation, producing rams and ewes selected to thrive in low input situations for the past 20 years...

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