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Feb 26
28m 31s

S 1 Ep 4 - Valais Blacknose Sheep and Fa...

Bbc Radio Ulster
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Andrew Wright joins Eve Blair in the studio for a lively chat about all things farming. Plus, Eve visits Jackie O'Shea's farm in Belleek to meet those 'fluffy clouds with button noses' rare sheep and to a farm in Donemana to meet William Sayers who urges caution after losing an arm in a farming accident when he was a child.

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