In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Farming has some of the best characters around... a community connected by a love of what they do"

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

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In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Farming has some of the best characters around... a community connected by a love of what they do"

I do very much enjoy writing these silly little stories as a child who grew up loving story books and reading, I was often in a world of my own. My dad would argue that I still am most of the time....

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