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In your field: NEW WRITER - Nicola Wordie: "Farming is our life, our family and our story"

Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental-cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life

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Farming has shaped my whole life and this past 18 months has been one of the hardest and most defining of all. This year's weather has posed challenges for everyone across the UK. Our farm relies entirely...

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