03 June 2023
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AS I am writing this, we are entering our third week of unbroken dry weather. This has allowed for silage making to be done with relative ease, and the ability to forward plan for cutting. During some...
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Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental-cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life
04 May 2026
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3 min read
Roger Nicholson farms with his sons Dave, Robert and Richard at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has hosted various Channel 5 series including Springtime on the Farm. Roger, 83, says he has no plans to retire just yet
03 May 2026
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3 min read
Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is chair of RABI Monmouthshire and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
27 April 2026
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3 min read
