Opinion: Fitting my wedding day around lambing, silaging and the glorious twelfth was not on my vision board

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon, discusses dedication to farming and its influence on big life events

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
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FG livestock specialist, Katie Fallon
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FG livestock specialist, Katie Fallon

My partner and I got engaged back in January - a proposal that was quickly followed with "Right, I'll have to get back to these cows." I guess marrying a dairy farmer that is something I best get used...

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