A farmer and a vet are embarking on what they claim is the world’s largest progeny testing scheme of wool-shedding sheep in a quest to breed low-input, low-footprint sheep for UK farmers. Shropshire sheep and arable farmer Hayden Woolley, and vet Ian McDougall, who provides breeding services for sheep farmers through his company, Farmgene, have […]
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