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Why sheep farmers are a dying breed

Sheep are vanishing from the UK's hills — and dinner plates -- amid changing tastes.

Sheep are vanishing from the UK's hills — and dinner plates. NJ Convery, a journalist at the BBC, has been hearing from farmers who say that changing tastes mean sheep farming is no longer a way to make a secure living.

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