Young farmers focus: Rachel Murdoch - 'I knew from a young age I wanted to follow in my father's footsteps'

Rachel Murdoch, 27, is a shepherd on an estate in Ryedale, North Yorkshire.

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Young farmers focus: Rachel Murdoch - 'I knew from a young age I wanted to follow in my father's footsteps'

Rachel Murdoch, 27, is a shepherd on an estate in Ryedale, North Yorkshire. Farm We run 2,500 ewes, breeding our own replacements, with a mixture of lambs being sold as stores or running on through...

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