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Inside a Scottish farm running 2,000 ewes, suckler cows and a growing tourism business

The Duncan family have beef and sheep enterprises across three farms, with a hill unit at one end of Loch Lomond and two lowland holdings at the other end

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Gregor, Bruce, Shona, Rebecca and Sally Duncan
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Gregor, Bruce, Shona, Rebecca and Sally Duncan

The team of Shona and Bruce Duncan, with three of their children, Sally, Rebecca and Gregor, run more than 2,000 ewes on their three units, as well as two suckler herds producing store cattle. The business...

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