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In your field: Helen Stanier 鈥� "I would like to see farmers given greater opportunity to use knowledge of their land to work with the weather, not battle against it"

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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Working outside during recent days of sunshine, and milking in lighter evenings has bought welcome relief for us all. Even the cows have been a bit grumpy this month as they are starting to get bored...

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