SHEEP: Monitoring performance improves flock efficiency

Performance recording his flock comes naturally to Stuart Dawes, who has been keeping meticulous records since he started sheep farming just over 10 years ago

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Stuart Dawes

Stuart Dawes, who farms in partnership with his father, Colin, runs a 1,000-strong flock of mostly Romney ewes and that head count has not happened by accident - it is the amount of ewes he has calculated...

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