In your field: Kate Beavan - "We ran a sheep husbandry course for a film crew"

Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on their farm near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. She is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees

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In your field: Kate Beavan - "We ran a sheep husbandry course for a film crew"

It has been a challenging lambing season, but things seem to be improving. It helps when the rain stops and the sun comes out, fingers crossed it will continue. We started the season with cases of Schmallenberg...

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