Success for first on-farm NSA Sheep Northern Ireland event

A farm venue with a historic past attracted crowds to this year’s National Sheep Association (NSA) Sheep Northern Ireland event. Richard Halleron reports

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L to r: Conal Donnelly, chief executive Countryside Services: Phil Stocker, chief executive NSA; Eileen McCloskey, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise; Crosby Cleland, sheep farmer from Saintfield in Co Down.
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L to r: Conal Donnelly, chief executive Countryside Services: Phil Stocker, chief executive NSA; Eileen McCloskey, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise; Crosby Cleland, sheep farmer from Saintfield in Co Down.

Sheep exports and wool payments made up part of the discussions at the National Sheep Association's (NSA's) recent Sheep Northern Ireland event, hosted on-farm for the first time this year. It took...

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