Young Farmer Focus: Isla Soutter - 'I am very interested in how pedigree breeding can fit within the commercial industry'

Isla Soutter, 19, from Leicestershire, is a National Hereford and English Winter Fair young handlers champion and recently competed in the World Hereford Conference in New Zealand.

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Young Farmer Focus: Isla Soutter - 'I am very interested in how pedigree breeding can fit within the commercial industry'

Within these difficult times we are facing, it is a struggle for pedigree breeders to sell their livestock. Additionally, these animals would be taken to auctions to be sold however farmers have no option...

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