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In your field: Helen Stanier - "I am determined to start the year optimistically"

I hope everyone had a peaceful Christmas and New Year. We enjoyed a busy Christmas, spending time with friends and family in between jobs on the farm

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Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her family 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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Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her family 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

We had a break from calving for a couple of weeks, but there were still 200 cows going through the parlour on Christmas Day, plus all the daily feeding and bedding to be done, of course. The team started...

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