Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Andrea Jones, Harold Jones and Sons 450 acres
Occupation Herd Size
Farmer's wife, Cattle Passport and Cattle Movement Agent, Computer Trainer, Web Site design. 100 dairy inc. followers, small beef herd, some sheep and arable.
Location (Min. Country)
Bishop's Castle, Shropshire UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.hjones-sons.co.uk

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Andrew Hickley 8.5 Acres
Occupation Herd Size
University propagandist and (very) part-time smallholder and even more part-time agrarian historian. Formerly propagandist for CLA, Morley Research Centre, Elsoms Seeds, Upjohn Animal Health, etc.  
Location (Min. Country)
South Norfolk
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Ben Jones  
Occupation Herd Size
Organic Food Seller 3 cats & 1 Fishtank
Location (Min. Country)
Cardiff S.Wales. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.piscesorganics.co.uk

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Carol Knights ( Nickname - kernigits) 4 Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Have shop selling carpets and curtains (with partner) and make some money from rare breeds of farm livestock. I have 5 sows all pedigree rare breed - mostly Gloucestershire Old Spots and I sell to other breeders, and for meat. I 've also a few sheep. Quota for 10 ewes and currently converting from Lleyns to a rare breed. Some geese and some chickens. Daughter keeps horse and pony on my patch also ( bone of contention there).
Location (Min. Country)
Near Stansted Airport
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.stockmaster.co.uk/mysite/alsafarm

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Charles Collinson 900ish Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Farmer - Computer Consultant - Software Developer - Writer - Field Track  
Location (Min. Country)
Thirsk. North Yorkshire. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.fieldtrack.com

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Charlie Kirk 35 Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Veg Seller,Van driver,Beef Farmer-Ex Dairy Farmer, Computer Consultant , Web Site Writer. You name it,I will have a go at it! 50 ex dairy cows and hiefers suckling mainly B.B. calves.
Location (Min. Country)
Uttoxeter, STAFFS
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.copesfarm.freeserve.co.uk

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Colin Mitchell (Col)  
Occupation Herd Size
Assistant manager on a large estate Collie and a springer spaniel, oh and one angora goat.
Location (Min. Country)
Scottish Borders
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Dan Whiteford 72 acres arable and setaside. College farm: approx 960 acres. 175 HF dairy cows and followers, 500 Mule ewes, approx 550 acres of combinable crops (w wheat, w barley, w osr, w beans and s peas). We also grow about 50acres of forage maize. Grassland is a mix of p. pasture and long leys. We also have an amenity horticulture area and glasshouses, about 45 horses for equine courses, a 4.5 acre lake and a variety of ponds and other facilities for the fish courses and a huge collection of small animals and other creatures for the small animal care courses.
Occupation Herd Size
Full time agric.. college lecturer (Brooksby College, Leicestershire) and part time farmer 1, as usual, wild J R terrier
Location (Min. Country)
Rutland. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
David Aldred N/A
Occupation Herd Size
Bank Agricultural Business Manager N/A
Location (Min. Country)
(Work) Derby, (Home) Nottingham
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
David Baynes 300 acres
Occupation Herd Size
Dairy Farmer + spare time database developer. 120 Dairy cows + Bull beef + 50 acres cereals
Location (Min. Country)
Hexham. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
David Pickersgill  
Occupation Herd Size
Chartered Surveyor (but from a farming background - honest!) 2 Border Collies
Location (Min. Country)
Harrogate, North Yorkshire. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Denis F 275 farmable Acres + lots of scrub and woods
Occupation Herd Size
Beef Farmer 50 suckler cows. 250ish suckler calves, bucket calves, Stores, almost finished cattle & 100 ewes. An Ex Dairy Farmer
Location (Min. Country)
Exmoor. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Geoff Mackey Hmmm..... must be nearly 1/3 of an acre.
Occupation Herd Size
Marketing communications (PR, advertising, etc etc) - trainer and lecturer. Two cats and more slugs and spiders than the cats can eat, play with, or bring to me...
Location (Min. Country)
Nr. Telford, Shropshire. UK.
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.granaryg.com

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Gnasher 10 X 12 Padded Cell/Kennel
Occupation Herd Size
Part time Growler, part time Brain Surgeon ( sledgehammer department). Spambuster. Operates alone not in a pack
Location (Min. Country)
Exmoor. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Ilkka Valkila 127 Acres (Field). 83 Acres (Forest)
Occupation Herd Size
Dairy Farmer 15-18 dairy cows, about the same amount of heifers and calves.
Location (Min. Country)
Ylöjärvi, Finland.
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.sci.fi/~ivalkila/english.html

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
James Bourne (J B) 600 Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Dairy & Wheat Farmer 300 Cows plus followers
Location (Min. Country)
Shropshire. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Jill Bowis 24 Acres
Occupation Herd Size
We breed, rear and sell Utility Poultry and Waterfowl and are open to visitors; We also have a small Hardy Plant Centre filled with plants we grow ourselves and from Argyll nurseries. Will be growing some vegetables for our own shop; Marketing poultry housing through website. Variable from 500 - 2000 Pure Breed (and Black Rock first cross) poultry and waterfowl at different ages - breeding and growing stock; 24 Jacob sheep; 3 ponies at livery; Collies and Large Munsterlander dogs; Cats.
Location (Min. Country)
Oban, Argyll, Scotland.
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.poultryscotland.co.uk

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Jim McLaren 650 acres, all arable, tenanted.
Occupation Herd Size
Farmer/IT Consultant Or Interests: Cricket, computers, golf :)
Location (Min. Country)
Cupar, FIFE. UK.
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Jim Webster 150ish Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Beef Farmer 60 ish beef/multisuckling dairy cows. 200 assorted young stock and replacement heifers. Currently switching out of dairy so numbers not too certain.
Location (Min. Country)
Furness, South Cumbria. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
John Sunckell 540 Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Dairy Farmer 400 cows + replacements. Pedigree HF as base of herd with commercial xbred cows being bred back to holstien bulls. 300 ac irrigated milking platform. 240 ac winter grazing, replacement rearing, silage and hay. 30 aside herring bone milking shed.
Location (Min. Country)
Canterbury , New Zealand
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Keith Williams 500 ac. total. 300ac. arable. 200ac. grass.
Occupation Herd Size
Farmer 450 commercial ewes 150 pedigree Texels
Location (Min. Country)
Hertfordshire
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Ket 2 acres of rented woodland plus half an acre of back garden.
Occupation Herd Size
Freelance Artist, also selling surplus eggs, feathers, fertile eggs and birds; Joint Manager of local LETS System. 43 chickens:- breeding pens of 1 pair Marans; 2 pairs Ceam Legbars; 1 pair Silver Campines; and some odds:- 2 Barnevelder hens, 1 Indian Game cockerel, 22 ex-battery hens, 1 Light Sussex hen, 1 Jersey Giant hen, 1 Exchequer Leghorn hen, 1 Ancona hen, 1 Silkie hen, 1 Brahma hen, 1 Heinz-57 bantam hen, and 2 as yet unidentified bantam hens. One elderly Brecon Buff Goose, one Embden Gander. One chipmunk, 2 goldfish, 4 tropical fish, and 2 guinea-pigs.
Location (Min. Country)
Stroud, Glos, UK.
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.broodyhen.co.uk

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Malcolm Kane My school is Ullswater Community College an 11 to 18 school with a lot of night class input for adults. As well as the greenhouses we have (varying from time to time) 1 or 2 breeding sows, three heifers, up to 4 or 5 sheep (lambs at appropriate times) and seasonal poultry.
Occupation Herd Size
Rural Science Teacher  
Location (Min. Country)
Ullswater. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Mary Waugh 5 Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Part time farmer(!) Various part time work to feed the animals. 3 Dexter's (1 steer, one cow and one heifer), 12 Texel sheep, 13 various chickens, 4 ducks, 4 dogs and 3 cats.
Location (Min. Country)
Near Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Michael Meredith  
Occupation Herd Size
Director: Pig Disease Information Centre  
Location (Min. Country)
Cambs. UK.
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.PIGHEALTH.COM

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Mr D J Reed Rent acre ,5 Sheep, vegetables, Garden Stock.
Occupation Herd Size
Run small gardening business. Previously worked in Agriculture.  
Location (Min. Country)
UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Pat Bryant 130ish Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Computer Consultant/Farm Secretary & dog's body. 60 beef sucklers - Organically produced. Organic spuds, Carrots, parsnips & Swede.
Location (Min. Country)
Nr Chippenham, Wiltshire. UK.
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Paul Buxton 5,000 Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Farm Manager 300 suckler cows. 2500 breeding ewes.
Location (Min. Country)
Moffat. Scotland
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Peter Clark 255 Acres 130 Acres Combinable Crops
Occupation Herd Size
Farmer 75 Dairy Cows plus followers. 60 Beef Cattle. 60 Mule Ewes. An ex poultry farmer.
Location (Min. Country)
Northallerton. North Yorkshire. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Peter N Allen N/A
Occupation Herd Size
Now one-man company developing/marketing Cow Feeding software for Feed Efficiency (instead of just Output/Milk Yield) N/A
Location (Min. Country)
Shropshire?
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.totaldietmanagement.co.uk/

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Phil Smallwood 15 acres cereals
Occupation Herd Size
Farmer/protester (Phil lurking on the edge of insanity) 70 cows plus followers
Location (Min. Country)
Cheshire. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.greenheyes.com

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Sarah Wroot 50 m2
Occupation Herd Size
Graphic designer/Illustrator/Writer - (Translation: I produce illustrations/booklets/leaflets/information boards/whatever for wildlife trusts, parish councils and/or anyone else who wishes to inform someone about something :-) 4 Cats. 1 Dog.
Location (Min. Country)
UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Stephen Temple 1500 acres. Developer of BarnOwl agricultural instruments
Occupation Herd Size
Farmer, Agricultural Research Engineer, etc 120 cows, followers, 400+ beef finishers
Location (Min. Country)
Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk. UK
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Steve Rawlings 122 ha
Occupation Herd Size
Farmer Sucklers 30 Cows and growing, 60-70 odds and sods of "commercial" cattle reared for fat.
Location (Min. Country)
Shropshire
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
http://www.dexterbeef.co.uk

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Tim Lamb 200ish Acres
Occupation Herd Size
Beef & Arable Farmer Rearing to fat dairy crosses on sort of 18 month system. Currently 30 head but around 65 pre BSE.
Location (Min. Country)
St. Albans. Herts. England
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

Name (Nickname/Paw Print) Farm Size
Tony Pearce I farm 200 acres of which 40 acres is cereals.
Occupation Herd Size
Farmer. 70 cows and have 70 followers and 30 beef cattle.
Location (Min. Country)
Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK.
Email (Optional) Website (Optional)
 

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