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- Keep an eye on the grass for a better return. Balsom, Aly // Farmers Weekly;9/18/2009, Vol. 151 Issue 12, p32
The article focuses on the strategy used by sheep farmer Stuart Stark of Fridlington Farms, Sutton on the Forest in England that led to a reduction in labour inputs and expansion of his flock. In starting outdoor lambing, he began by crossing his continental crosses with New Zealand Romneys and...
