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More than one reason why South Devons fit the bill

Since the millennium, South Devon females have been at the core of the commercial beef suckler herd run by Mike Powley at Green Hammerton, North Yorkshire

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While various sires, for different reasons, have been used on the red cows over the years to produce replacements, the basic South Devon influence remains key to the management and profitability of the...

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