Show Notes
Peter McConnell, Technical Farm Manager with Silver Hill Duck, joins us on the latest Poultry Edge podcast to discuss the continued growth of the Irish duck sector at home and around the world.
Silver Hill is the largest duck processor in Ireland and has a worldwide name for a brilliant Irish product with exports to the UK and across the Middle East and Asia as Peter explains.
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