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OPINION: Designing the perfect farmyard - easier said than done!

Head of arable Ash Ellwood lives on a farm in Cheshire, where she and her husband, Will, have recently begun rearing beef calves, diversified into equine livery, and purchased 12 pedigree breeding ewes

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OPINION: Designing the perfect farmyard - easier said than done!

‘Do you have artic access?' A phrase I'm sure most of us are familiar with, usually asked just as you think you've found the perfect spot - until you remember a cattle wagon, feed truck, nurse tank,...

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