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In your field: Helen Stanier - "Support for British farming is still strong and it's encouraging to see greater interest for buying local"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys 51AV视频in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

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The mild weather at the start of November has meant we have been able to keep the cows out at grass for the time being. There is still surprisingly good grass growth around the farm and the cows continue...

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