Young Farmer Focus - Alice Bothwell: "I have been exposed to a vast range of different practices allowing me to make my own decisions for my own flock"

Alice Bothwell, 20, from Stamford in Lincolnshire, is an agricultural student at Harper Adams University

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"Farming has taught me some important and valued life lessons - sympathy, hard work, resilience, and patience."
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"Farming has taught me some important and valued life lessons - sympathy, hard work, resilience, and patience."

I have lived in the glorious rural countryside of Lincolnshire since I was three-years-old after moving from Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. We now farm 120-acres including a herd of 80 suckler cows...

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