In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'Harvest proved to be a bumper crop, with yields up and better conditions'

I only started writing for Farmers Guardian this year after ‘Editor Ben’ [Briggs], as he is now known in our house, rang and asked if I could deliver positive, humorous and light-hearted family farming stories. I said yes, knowing my wonderfully weird family could provide me with content in telehandler-sized bucketfuls.

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In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'Harvest proved to be a bumper crop, with yields up and better conditions'

I only started writing for Farmers Guardian this year after Editor Ben [Briggs], as he is now known in our house, rang and asked if I could deliver positive, humorous and light-hearted family farming stories....

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