In your field: Ian Garnett - 'Hedgehog numbers are recovering in the local area'

As I type, November is all but over and we have been very grateful for the kind autumn. Grass growth has meant one herd was still grazing into the third week of the month. That said, feeding of winter diet was close to 100 per cent.

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In your field: Ian Garnett - 'Hedgehog numbers are recovering in the local area'

As I type, November is all but over and we have been very grateful for the kind autumn. Grass growth has meant one herd was still grazing into the third week of the month. That said, feeding of winter...

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