My farming life
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Student Farmer talks to the NFU’s youngest ever NFU National Dairy Board appointee, Jessica Langton, about her farming life and being a trailblazing woman in agriculture John Cottle
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Why are you passionate about farming?
I’m a 21-year-old student, studying Animal Science at the University of Nottingham, and a fourth generation farmer on my family’s beef and dairy farm based in Derbyshire. Our herd is primarily pedigree Holsteins and Friesians, but we have recently crossbred these with Jerseys to boost our constituents. We graze our cows for a minimum of six months a year, via a strip grazing system. The crossbreeding also helps increase our milk to grass conversion ratios. I farm alongside my mum, stepdad and brother. We sell our milk to First Milk and average 8,000 litres with 4.3% fat and 3.55% protein.
I’ve always found the industry fascinating and have had an active role on the family farm for as long as I can remember. I’ve also grown so much as an individual through the agricultural industry as it’s filled
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