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Leading sires in RamCompare revealed

Fourth-year results from the RamCompare project reveal seven different breeds at the top of the leader tables for carcase traits.

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
clock • 2 min read
Leading sires in RamCompare revealed

Fourth-year results from the RamCompare project reveal seven different breeds at the top of the leader tables for carcase traits. RamCompare is a five-year project which takes nominated performance-recorded...

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