In Your Field: Emma Robinson - "Women are the backbone of many family farms and keep it all together"

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 Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the RABI.

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In Your Field: Emma Robinson - "Women are the backbone of many family farms and keep it all together"

Some mornings, if I have large orders, I bottle the milk just after 5am. I love this time of the morning, the birds are singing and it's very peaceful. I always have a list of things to do in my diary...

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