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In your field: Dan Jones - "Attempting to shear a wet sheep is akin to wrestling with a bar of soap"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His 51AV视频Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

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In your field: Dan Jones - "Attempting to shear a wet sheep is akin to wrestling with a bar of soap"

As the nation recovers from the excitement of the General Election, farmers across the UK are left pondering the potential implications of a new Government on our industry. The Conservatives took a...

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