Texel tups provide flexibility foi Lleyn flock to produce cross-bred prime lambs

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For Lleyn breeder David Knowles, the use of terminal sires on pure-bred and cross-bred ewes has paid dividends.Using a Texel on about a third of the farm's pedigree Lleyn flock provides cross-bred prime lambs, breeding ewes and has real benefits in added flexibility for pedigree breeding says Lake District farmer, David Knowles.Mr Knowles, who farms with his father, Peter, at Cragg Farm, New Hutton, Kendal, says his family's involvement with the Lleyn breed goes back to 1992.