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In your field: Emma Robinson - "Maize is a case of hold your nerve and keep in contact with the contractor"

Emma and her family farm in Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

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In your field: Emma Robinson - "Maize is a case of hold your nerve and keep in contact with the contractor"

I farm in Monmouthshire with my husband Robert, children Harvey and Phoebe, daughter-in-law Avril and granddaughter Hattie. Our family has been farming for more than 100 years. Robert's grandparents...

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