We only shear ours once a year then they get a belly and crutch in the autumn which keeps them cleaner through the winter. We used to shear twice a year but haven’t noticed any difference in performance since going back to once a year. We are a high hill farm on Exmoor so will be similar to your...
But they’ve still got haulage costs their end from the farm to the abattoir, then the abattoir to the boat and then this end more haulage costs from the boat to wherever they are destined. These journeys seem to get forgotten about when people talk about it being less damaging to the climate as...
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