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In your field: Helen Stanier - 'The more you want to do, the more cost and inspections you face'

The weather has brought its seasonal challenges, and I am considering adding ‘getting stuck in the mud’ into our risk assessment

Farmers Guardian
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Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her family, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers.
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Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her family, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers.

The heifers have come home now, and we have had plenty calves in, with more to come in late December. Calvers have settled into their new routine well and the milking team are getting to know their...

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