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View from the rostrum: Russell Steer - Reflections on a busy season

Russell Steer on Westcountry prices

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
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Russell Steer

While sat writing this piece, I am also collating our penultimate sheep sale catalogue of the season to include our Hill Fair, which caters for those farmers on the higher ground of Dartmoor, Exmoor and...

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