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In your field: Helen Stanier - "They are rivals on and off the show field it seems"

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 - "They are rivals on and off the show field it seems"

Spring vaccinations are well underway, with cows and heifers being vaccinated against leptospirosis. Heifers which are due to be turned out for the first time have had their primary dose of lungworm...

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