'Today, I was out on the farm at 6am, feeding the pedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle that are currently kept in. We have 90 breeding cows at Glympton and, of the 45 or so bulls that are produced each year, 40 are sold on for breeding. We keep a number of the heifer calves for our own breeding operation and sell the rest for the same task.

'During the remainder of the day, I checked the cattle that live out — spending some time halter-training youngsters—then I moved sheep. We have a flock of 400 breeding ewes here. It was a fairly typical day and, as did many before it, it ended at 6pm. When you’re a head stockman, there are never enough hours in the day. Even when I’m home in the evening, I’ll sometimes check the cameras in the calving shed.

'Calves arrive in October, January and April to M

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