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Sheep farming in Saintfield with farmer Crosby Cleland.

Sheep farming in Saintfield, dwarf goats in Leicestershire and it’s all buzz in County Mayo

Presenter, Nicola Weir, to Saintfield and the sheep farm of Crosby Cleland. He’s in the middle of birthing around 1000 lambs on his 166 acres. He’s a fourth generation sheep farmer there and we find out more about ewes that experience difficult births, how do mums bond with their newborns, what happens to those who lose their offspring or lambs that are rejected as well as discovering how drivers are not the only ones to use L and R plates! We hear from farming couple, Stacey and Stephen Briggs from Leicestershire who have introduced the world’s smallest goat to their farm using IVF and find out more about the Murmur of Bees in County Mayo.

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