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In your field: Roger Nicholson – "My love of old-fashioned farming days is embodied in our commitment to save the Shire horse. In my childhood, they were the backbone of UK agriculture"

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, 83, farms with his sons Dave, Robert and Richard and says he has no plans to retire just yet

Roger Nicholson
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Roger Nicholson

There will be people reading this who will think that we aren't proper farmers. I know Robert and David have certainly had the comment made to them on occasion. I suppose any farmer with a media profile...

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