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In your field: Roger Nicholson – "I believe that the industrialisation of farming has removed a lot of the joy"

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including Springtime on the Farm. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave, Robert and Richard and says he has no plans to retire just yet

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It's not often that I stray far from the farm, but this week I boarded a train for London with Robert and David, headed for the TV Choice Awards. Once again, our self-styled ‘farmy army' of social media...

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