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In your field: Helen Stanier - "The Great Yorkshire Show is our window to the public, to show our livestock and the work we do as farmers"

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 - "The Great Yorkshire Show is our window to the public, to show our livestock and the work we do as farmers"

Watching the Jerseys dashing to the field in an apparent bid to get the best spot in the sunshine, it is not surprising that these cows can be found in some of the world's hottest countries. They seem...

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