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In your field: Helen Stanier - "Despite the stresses, I feel lucky and proud"

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 Farm 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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In your field: Helen Stanier - "Despite the stresses, I feel lucky and proud"

The season has been on our side for once, and we have been able to make the most of it over the last three weeks. We have made and gathered in 350 hay bales from our outlying silage fields and low-input...

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