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In your field: Nicola Wordie 鈥� "That's farming in 2026 so far: constant adaptation, measured risks and working with whatever the weather throws at us"

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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The sun does still exist 鈥� we caught a glimpse of it for all of half a second this week before the snow returned. January brought a few feet of snow, followed by relentless rain, more than 400% above average....

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