Farmer’s assistant (8)

I believe the answer is:

sheepdog

(Other definitions for sheepdog that I've seen before include "could it be Old English?" , "Collie, for example" , "Working farm animal" , "Farmer's herding helper" , "One drives over fields" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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