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View from the Rostrum: Why store lamb values could rise 拢10-拢15/head by the end of October

Hobbs Parker managing director John Rossiter looks at the changing bluetongue picture, drought-hit store lamb trade and why he believes values could rise sharply this autumn

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John Rossiter, Hobbs Parker Auctioneer
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John Rossiter, Hobbs Parker Auctioneer

As I write this, the main counties of our catchment area, being Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Essex and Surrey, have yet to have a confirmed case of BTV-3 or BTV-8in the 2026 bluetongue season. This...

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