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Sheep special: DIY faecal egg counts proving successful for North Yorkshire farmers

A group of farmers in the North Yorkshire Moors are working with their group facilitators to tackle anthelmintic resistance and support dung beetle populations

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Sheep special: DIY faecal egg counts proving successful for North Yorkshire farmers

Karen Stanley, joint facilitator of the Derwent Dales and Esk Valley farmer groups was approached by one her ‘forward-thinking' farmers who asked if it would be possible to organise an event about worm...

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