Scottish upland farm embraces outwintering on deferred hill grazing

A switch to cattle outwintering using deferred hill grazing has paved the way for herd expansion on the Black family's upland beef and sheep unit south-west of Edinburgh

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Scottish upland farm embraces outwintering on deferred hill grazing

Composite breeds have featured at Drochil Castle Farm since 2018, with 120 Stabiliser cows and a flock of 1,000 Highlander ewes grazing across just over 500-hectares (1,235-acres) at West Linton in Peeblesshire....

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