• FEB / MAR 2023
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10 Extolling the virtues of the Hampshires … in Halifax Chris Berry talks with two-time Breed Champion at the Great Yorkshire Show , Stephen Short of Highcliffe Farm , Southowram .
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26 Ripon Farm Services Open Day 2023 Another great two-day show with that all too familiar buzz inside the prestigious Yorkshire Event Centre at the Harrogate Showground .
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30 Brothers looking to expand further through contract farming Chris Berry finds out how bags of experience , timing and a little luck have all helped Richard & Chris Tesseyman of Spellow Grange get to where they are .
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34 Time to get back to blankets and jumpers Richard Haigh talks farming , farm shops & how going back in time might be a warm move for wool .
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38 Keeping vocal on behalf of his fellow farmers Chris Berry speaks with John Duggleby of Beswick Hall who recently picked up another award to add to his Ronnie Mounfield Award .
42 Shaking things up on the farm and in the hut Joe Dugdale of Crathorne Farms tells Chris Berry why shots and shakes have become two of the more regularly used words at a North Yorkshire farm .
46 The Brooke Boys are doing it in the raw Chris Berry hears from Sam , James & Matt of Bank House Farm about finding their niche in selling raw milk by the roadside of the A18 .
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50 Arable and beef farm finds new ways of making things work Chris Berry talks with Lucinda Douglas about farming at Marishes & being CLA North Regional Director .
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