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Showing dairy cows is a family affair on Devon farm

The Rockett family combine their passion for showing with keeping the milking herd at home going

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Les Rockett, Abi Marshall and Tracy Rockett
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Les Rockett, Abi Marshall and Tracy Rockett

Les Rockett bought Ebsworthy Moor Farm, near Bridestowe, Devon, in 1983 as a bare site. He says: "I was born on a farm but when my parents divorced, we had to sell the farm but with the few pennies...

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