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Nicola Wordie: "I have been particularly pleased with how the calves have wintered"

Aberdeenshire livestock farmer Nicola Wordie, known as @livestock_farmher on social media, shares what she and her dad have been up to on the farm this month

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Late May is one of my favourite times of year on the farm. The stock is back out in the fields, the grass is greening up and growing well, and the days are becoming noticeably warmer. After a long winter,...

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