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Ayrshires play key role in Yorkshire family farming business

International Ayrshire cattle breeders will be descending on the Great Yorkshire Show as part of their world federation conference. Sarah Todd visited the Waterhouse family who will be helping to ensure the delegates receive a warm welcome.

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 Ayrshires play key role in Yorkshire family farming business

Recently elected junior vice president of the Ayrshire Cattle Society James Waterhouse has been showing his York-based Fourth Milestone herd at the Great Yorkshire Show for 40 years, but says that he is...

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