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Fourth-generation Cornish farmer streamlines sheep feeding with Chapman Snacker

The trailed feeder or ‘Snacker’ is an invaluable tool on stock farms with remote or challenging grazing, and one of the latest designs has plenty of useful features

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Fourth-generation Cornish farmer streamlines sheep feeding with Chapman Snacker

J.C. Salmon and Sons farms 625 hectares near Newquay, Cornwall, grazing cattle and sheep and growing 70ha of fodder beet for sale to other businesses. The land is in a fairly compact parcel, but brings...

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