Gathering the 350 ewes on our 1,600-acre hill is a difficult job at the best of times, but the July gather for clipping is always the worst of the lot. For a start there are twice (or hopefully more)...
Gathering the 350 ewes on our 1,600-acre hill is a difficult job at the best of times, but the July gather for clipping is always the worst of the lot. For a start there are twice (or hopefully more)...
James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network
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 chair of Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution Monmouthshire
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 Richard, Robert and David and says he has no plans to retire just yet