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Industry celebrates Love Lamb week 2025: 'resilience is not optional, it is essential'

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is proudly shining a light on Northern Ireland’s dedicated sheep farmers, ‘the resilient backbone’ of rural communities who produce premium lamb

Mia Willemsen
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clock • 3 min read
Keith Williamson (ABP Linden), Campbell Tweed (UFU hill farming committee member) and Colin Smith (LMC chief executive)
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Keith Williamson (ABP Linden), Campbell Tweed (UFU hill farming committee member) and Colin Smith (LMC chief executive)

Today (September 1), marks the start of Love Lamb Week (LLW). Love Lamb Week is an annual campaign promoting the benefits of eating lamb. Founded a decade ago by Cumbrian sheep farmer,...

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