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From a virtually derelict farm to a growing livestock business with 8 breed championship wins so far this year – a new entrant's journey

We find out how a Yorkshireman's long-standing ambition to keep livestock and spend more time outdoors resulted in a multi-site farming enterprise involving all the family

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Left to right: Rebecca, Helen and Geoff Mountain and Lewis Yates.
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Left to right: Rebecca, Helen and Geoff Mountain and Lewis Yates.

The Mountain family run about 160 suckler cows and 400 Mule and Texel-cross sheep on 194 hectares (480 acres) across Yorkshire. Rebecca Mountain and her partner Lewis Yates have developed a pedigree...

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