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In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Nothing makes you fly like pure adrenaline on arriving to find most of our big bullocks out and making a break for it down the road"

Amy works on her family鈥檚 tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

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In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Nothing makes you fly like pure adrenaline on arriving to find most of our big bullocks out and making a break for it down the road"

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