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NARRATOR: 'We push our rookies hard. They see the good...

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-How cool is this?!

-'..the bad...

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'..and downright astonishing.

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'We give them glamour... CAMERAS CLICK

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'..show them excitement...

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'get their hands dirty... BLEATING

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-'..put them under pressure...

-Oh, no, no.

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'..make them laugh... GROWLING

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'..all so they can experience their dream jobs.

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'Today's rookies will be getting their hands,

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'knees and boots dirty as they wade into the world of farming.

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'Let's go All Over The Workplace.'

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There is nothing like the smell of fresh air.

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And this is nothing like the smell of fresh air.

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I don't know what those sheep had last night, but it don't half stink.

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You see, farming is not a bed of roses.

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You have got to muck in and get your hands and feet dirty.

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And our rookies are prepared to do just that.

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They are two girls with a passion for farming.

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'Our first rookie is ten

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'and from the Far East.

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'Well, Suffolk.

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'She already has some good knowledge of cattle

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'from her Young Farmers' Club.'

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Hi, I'm Holly and I want to be a farmer.

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I'd like to be a farmer because you get to work with cows,

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and I love cows.

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One of the hardest things about farming for me

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would be the getting up early.

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I'm definitely not an early bird.

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'Next up is the city farming rookie from London.

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'She is really into sheep.

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'And she volunteers regularly to work with the little woolly ones.'

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Hi, I'm Megan

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and I'd like to be a farmer.

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My family thinks it is a bit funny that I want to become a farmer,

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because it is not really a job that people have in the city.

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-Really?

-SHEEP BLEATS

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SHE LAUGHS

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I would like to go into dairy and wool farming.

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The main challenge for me would be

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dealing with the weather and early mornings.

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'Talking of whether, we've brought the budding farmers to a wet and

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'windswept corner of North Yorkshire.'

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Holly and Megan, welcome to sunny North Yorkshire.

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-What do you think of it so far?

-It is cold.

-Nice.

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This is mild weather. Come on!

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Now, Megan, you live in London, don't you?

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So, how different is where you live to this place?

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There is no buildings are traffic or noise or people here.

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-Yeah, it's very peaceful.

-Yeah.

-Very, very peaceful.

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Holly, are you from a farming family?

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-No.

-So why are you so mad about farming, then?

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I just love cows.

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But cows are absolutely enormous. Aren't you are a bit worried that

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-they're going to squash you?

-No.

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Well, you're obviously both very passionate about farming,

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but let's see if your parents think you are suited

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to a life on the farm.

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Getting up early isn't her natural forte, shall we say.

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I think it would be really good for Holly to learn about farming

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as a lifestyle, that it is a 24-hour-a-day job.

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It is not a question of turning up nine till five and going home again.

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She needs to learn that it isn't just turning up at the farm

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and cuddling the sheep and cuddling the goats

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and putting them away in the evening.

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I think one of the things that, for her, is going to be challenging

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but also really amazing is seeing, you know,

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the size, and the scale of it, the kind of big flocks of sheep,

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and sheep that are not going to come up to you and cuddle you,

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because they weren't raised in a city farm.

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Holly, you're not very good at getting up in the morning.

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You know how early a farmer has to get up in the morning?

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About five o'clock in the morning! How are you going to cope with that?

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It will motivate me because my cows need me.

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That's nice. And, Megan, you might struggle with animals

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that aren't used to human contact.

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Yeah, I think, cos I'm used to the animals on the farm,

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they are used to, like, people touching them and going up to them,

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so this could be very different.

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Well, we've got a lot of work to do. Come on, let's go.

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'Messing about in dung not for you?

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'There are plenty of other jobs in farming that aren't quite as stinky.

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'What about an animal nutritionist?

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'Animals are like people,

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'and what they eat has a big influence on how healthy they are.

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'Diet checks help keep them in tiptop condition,

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'and that is where the nutritionist comes in.

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'Vets, too, look after an animal's wellbeing,

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'preventing sickness using all the same techniques

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'that doctors use on us.

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'Prime livestock sells at auction for big money.

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'Why not try your hand at being a livestock auctioneer?

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'If you can talk the hind legs off a donkey,

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'this could be the job for you.

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'Who will give me five? 10 at the back.

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'Any advance on 10? Yes, 15.

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'And 20. 25. Going, going, gone!'

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Right then, have you got any idea what we're going to be doing next?

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-BOTH:

-No.

-OK, well, you two are going to be sheep farmers

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-for the day. Yeah? you really like sheep, don't you?

-Mm-hmm.

-Great.

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Come on then. Let's go.

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'We are at a hill farm at one of the northern, most northerly dales

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'in North Yorkshire. It is 2,000 acres in size.

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'That is bigger than 800 rugby pitches.

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'It is home sweet home to hundreds of farm animals and nine children.

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'Their parents are hard-working sheep farmers Amanda and Clive.

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'Neither of them are from a farming background.

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'Amanda is one of a small number of female shepherds in the UK.

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'She met husband Clive when she came one day to collect a ram.

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'Aw! Now that's romance.'

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Clive and Amanda, what are your three top tips

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for a career in farming?

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The first step would be to get as much experience as you can

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and hands-on experience.

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If you get an opportunity to work alongside people with sheep,

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that is a great way to learn.

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At certain times of year, lambing time and things like that,

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where farmers are looking for extra help,

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that is a great way to get loads of experience.

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You need to stick with it, keep that enthusiasm,

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even when things don't look to be going your way.

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There are a lot of people out there

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who will be willing to help you along the way.

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You need to talk to people.

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Get yourself to auction markets, get yourselves to Young Farmers' Clubs,

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and talk to people.

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'Amanda and Clive's top tips are...

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'There is no better way to learn than getting your hands dirty.

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'Farming is hard graft.

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'Remaining positive is essential. And...

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'Joining a Young Farmers' Club is a great way to meet folk in the know.'

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There is going to have to be a fourth top tip.

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Always have some baler twine in your pocket, string.

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-Like you?

-That is a top tip.

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How much land do you have?

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2,000 acres.

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So, it is a big farm, we are a hill farm, you see,

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so a lot of it is literally just grazing for the sheep.

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What would you say the hardest part of your job is?

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Certain times of year are tougher than others.

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Lambing time is a tough time, because we don't get to sleep much.

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We tend to work almost

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right throughout the day and night.

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-With resting...

-I think the term is 24/7, really.

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That's right. So that is a pretty tough time.

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You have to show devotion.

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When the sun is shining, and the lambs are playing and everything...

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Everybody's happy, then it is a wonderful place to be, isn't it?

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Out with your dog and out on the moors, you know,

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you know, it is the finest thing you can do.

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So, can you tell us what the first assignment is going to be?

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Yes, we're going to look at some sheep,

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and we're going to have a little bit of a rounding up with the dog,

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and hopefully, hopefully, see if we can't get the dog

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to work for you guys.

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'12-year-old sheepdog Bill has had a long career working with...

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'sheep.

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'In his spare time, he likes to chase chickens.

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'But he can never catch them.

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'Let's hope he and the rookies have more success with the sheep.'

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We're going to give him his right-hand command.

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So that is a way.

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Anticlockwise. OK?

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So, wherever you are standing, you are bringing the sheep towards you.

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It is anticlockwise.

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So, you've got... If you want him to go clockwise, that way,

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it is "Come-bye". So, try and remember C-clockwise, "Come-bye".

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If you use those two commands, you can even make him go left or right.

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'So, just to get that right, or was it left,

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'C is for clockwise.

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'So that is come-bye.

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'A is for anticlockwise

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'and that is away.

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'The sheep are naturally wary of the dog,

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'so by tactically moving around them,

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'Bill can coax them in the right direction,

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'or at least that is the theory.

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'Let's see how the rookies do.'

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HOLLY: Away.

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AMANDA: Bill, away.

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-He's turning.

-Just keep encouraging him. Away.

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-HOLLY: Away.

-'It doesn't look like Bill is listening to them yet.'

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You've got to send him that way.

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-BOTH: Away.

-Away.

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'Come on, girls, don't be sheepish.'

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Give him the command, one of you girls.

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-Give it a good shout.

-Come-bye.

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-'That's better, Holly.'

-Well done. Well done.

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BOTH: Away.

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Away, Bill.

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-AMANDA: Good lasses. He's listening to you.

-Well done.

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'Bill is on it now, as the girls' confidence and voices are rising.'

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Come-bye.

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-Go on, shout.

-BOTH: Come-bye.

-Yeah, he looked, did you see there?

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-Instant reaction.

-Brilliant.

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Right, keep encouraging him. Come-bye.

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Come-bye.

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Very good, Megan, very forceful.

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'Who'd be a sheep, though, having to run away from Bill all day?'

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Now, when you want him to slow down

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and just get him a bit of time just say, "Steady, Bill."

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-HOLLY:

-Steady, Bill.

-Steady.

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You're in control.

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-BOTH: Come-bye.

-Come-bye, Bill.

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Come-bye, Bill. Come-bye.

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'Uh-oh. Riley's getting in on the act.'

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Away! Away!

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'Not sure Bill is getting the message.

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'Nope. Not getting the message, Bill.'

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Now, what we are going to do now,

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we're going to take the sheep home into the sheep pens,

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and we're going to work at giving them some medicine.

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So we want you to round them up and take them back home.

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So, have you remembered which command to give him?

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-Go on, then.

-Come-bye, Bill.

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Excellent. He's taking your commander there.

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He's bringing the sheep. Brilliant, brilliant.

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-Come on, keep egging him on.

-Come-bye, Bill.

-Come on.

-Come-bye.

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Come on, you're desperate here.

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Come-bye, Bill!

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-Come-bye.

-Tell him to stand.

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-BOTH: Stand.

-Stand. That's it.

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Right, let's follow them down home then, girls.

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'Well done, Megan and Holly. Good work.'

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I'd definitely recommend farming as a career choice.

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It is one of the best jobs in the world.

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You get to work with animals, drive tractors,

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gadgets and gizmos are really important nowadays,

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and you're often out in the great outdoors.

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What could be better?

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'The sheep are heading for the pens,

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'and Megan and Holly for a real hands-on experience.

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'They are going to give some vitamin supplements to the sheep.'

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It is multivitamins we're giving them,

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and it just makes sure that they keep healthy all winter.

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Right then, girls, we're going to chase a few sheep into this pen

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where we can get to grips with them.

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Perfect. Right.

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Come in, squeeze in here, girls.

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We'll show you what happens next.

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They don't like it, but it is very good for them.

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So they have to like it.

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Clive, how do you know which ones you have done and which ones you

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haven't done? It is just chaos, isn't it?

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That's right, that's why we've got them in this narrow pen.

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-We've pushed them back as we've done them.

-Oh, I see. I see.

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-Right.

-Here we go. I will help you for the first time.

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OK, go on, put it further in.

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Keep it going in there. You won't hurt it.

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A bit further. There.

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Squeeze the... Well done.

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Well done. You want to try that again? Just in there.

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Perfect. Well done.

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You just gently, over the top of the tongue and done a bit...

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-That's perfect.

-'Come on, then, Megan.

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-'Your turn with the cuddly critters.'

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-Very good.

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-Well done.

-That was great.

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Do you want to do it again?

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Well done. Fantastic. You are doing well.

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Oh! Ahh! Lovely and furry, isn't it? Lovely and woolly.

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'Uh...don't give up the day job, Alex.'

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-Yeah?

-Yes.

-Well done.

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Sheep farming, I think, is really enjoyable.

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I really enjoyed doing the medicine, particularly.

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'When I was doing the medicine for the sheep, I was quite relaxed'

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and I found it quite fun, but it was something I hadn't done before.

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'What I found hard was, particularly,

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'the sheep dog running,'

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because sometimes didn't pay attention to what I was saying.

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I still think sheep farming is something I want to do in the

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future, because I love sheep and it is very hands-on.

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Holly, I think you have done absolutely great today.

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I am really impressed with how you handled the sheep in the sheep pens.

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I think you should be very proud of yourself.

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You have done a great job.

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I can see a farmer in the making.

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Megan, your handling of the sheep was really impressive.

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I'm sure that you would make a very good sheep farmer.

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'The population of the world is growing, and by 2050,

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'it is estimated there will be an extra two billion mouths to feed.

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'Technology is making a big difference

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'to the way food is farmed.

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'Soon we will be seeing driverless tractors

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'and unmanned drones in our fields.

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'Some crops are now produced using hydroponics,

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'that is growing in liquid to you and me.

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'Hydroponic farms can pop up anywhere,

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'from underground bunkers to skyscraper roofs.

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'Insects need much less food than traditional farm animals,

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'so insect farming is growing in popularity as a cheaper and more

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'environmentally friendly way to make food.

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'Don't fancy the bug burger?

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'Scientists are now able to grow meat in labs.

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'But the first lab-grown burger cost a whopping £215,000 to make.

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'The rookies have had a go at sheep farming,

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'but there are many other types of farms.

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'That is why Alex and the rookies have popped lower down the Dales

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'to look at a different kind of farming.

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'This is an arable farm.

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'In other words, it grows crops.

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'We are about to meet the farmer.

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'Richard Ormston was born into life on the farm,

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'and it is all he ever wanted to do.

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'He went to work on the family farm when he left school at 15.

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'44 years later, he is still at it.'

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What are your three top tips for arable farming?

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A think if you make lots of money,

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don't spend it on big grain tractors.

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Try not to spend all your life driving tractors around.

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Have outside hobbies and things like that.

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If you don't make a good job of sowing the entire field,

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it is an uphill battle all the time.

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'Don't blow it all on top-of-the-range tractors.

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'Farming demands a lot of your time,

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'but making time for your family and friends and other interests

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'is also important.

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'Healthy, productive crops stem from well sown seeds.'

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-What is grown in this field?

-We are sowing winter wheat in this field.

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It is for biscuits, digestive biscuits, mainly.

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-Custard creams, nothing but the best.

-Oh, wow, that's quite nice.

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'Megan is first up to get behind the wheel of the super tractor.

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'Closely watched, of course, by Richard.'

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If you can steer a little bit left, it's pulling in a little bit.

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Just turn it that way a little bit.

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That's it. You are doing very well, yeah.

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Nice and straight.

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'Time for Megan to turn the plough over, ready for the return journey.'

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That's it. Now let go. That's it. Perfect.

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To turn around, you just turn the steering wheel lots

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and lots and lots. More, more, more, more.

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'Clever stuff, Megan. And cool as a cucumber.'

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Put that into backwards.

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That's it. And turn the steering wheel the other way now.

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There you go.

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And off we go again.

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'Time to see how Holly's driving goes.'

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-You nervous?

-No.

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When you are ploughing, you have to look behind you all the time

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to make sure it is making a good job.

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-Still nice and straight.

-Yeah.

-There you go.

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Turn left again. That's it.

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'Holly seems to be a natural.'

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There you go. Not too tiring?

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-No.

-Good.

-I quite like it.

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Good. As fast as you can.

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Very good. That's it.

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You are good at this.

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You've done this before.

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-No, I haven't.

-You must have done.

-It's good behind.

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'Richard has whizzed back to base and replaced the plough

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'with a seed drill and cultivator.'

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What is a cultivator?

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It breaks all the soil up really fine, so every seed can grow,

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and it makes all flat and level and a perfect seedbed.

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Well, let's get some of this seed into the ground.

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-Good idea.

-Who is going to go first?

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-Me.

-OK, Megan, come on, let's get cracking.

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'They're off. And right away,

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'the machine is breaking up the earth

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'and planting the little red seeds.'

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Keep it lined all the way up the field.

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'Megan is concentrating hard and doing a great job.'

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A bit farther right, I think.

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Good.

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'Now it is Holly's turn to sow the seeds.

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'It feels like these girls have been driving for ages. They are so calm.

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'Even Richard seems impressed by their tractor skills.

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'After harvesting, Richard sells his wheat to traders who in turn sell it

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'on to companies who make our much-loved biscuits.

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'In a few weeks' time,

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'hopefully, little green shoots will start appearing

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'where Holly and Megan have been working.'

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It was better than I expected it to be.

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Because I'm more used to doing animal farming,

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but I really enjoyed having the opportunity to drive the tractor.

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I think the sowing was definitely harder than the ploughing.

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You had to keep in a straight line, that was really hard,

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because you had to concentrate loads.

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I still want to be a sheep farmer, but it could be another

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opportunity that I could do something different

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as well along with sheep.

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My favourite part was the assignment was probably ploughing.

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The three-point turn was really fun.

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Turning the wheel really fast.

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Megan, your furrowing was really straight.

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'You managed to turn the plough over

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'at the end of the field. Reverse at the end,'

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shunting around, it was good.

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'Holly, your ploughing was lovely and straight.

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'You managed to avoid a few big stones, thankfully.'

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For the future, I think you will do really well.

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OK, rookies, you've got one more assignment left.

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So, we better get moooooooving.

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'Alex and the rookies have travelled just along the road to a different

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'kind of farm. Here, it is a mix of dairy and arable.

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'On the farm, there are 250 cows and four robots.

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'Eh? Robots?

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'You can't farm robots.

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'Just kidding.

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'These babies are here to milk the cows.

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'And they can suck about 30L of milk from each cow per day.

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'On this farm, that totals 7,500L a day.

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'That is enough for around 50,000 bowls of cereal.

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'Meet Andy Eastabrook.

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'He is the man who looks after these milk-making creatures.

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'He studied agriculture at uni before working on a farm.

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'And he knows a thing or two about cows.

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'Nice shorts, Andy.'

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So, Andy, can you run through your three top tips

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-for becoming a dairy farmer?

-Number one, be committed.

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There aren't set hours, there aren't set days of work,

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you can be getting up at five o'clock in the morning

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to help with a calving, you could be staying up till

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10 o'clock at night, and you might be working on Christmas Day.

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So make sure you are committed to doing that.

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The second thing is to show that you are enthusiastic.

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If you like cattle, let it be known that you want to work with them.

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Thirdly, show compassion towards these animals.

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We are here to serve them, not the other way around.

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They are living creatures.

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Yes, there is an economic side to it, but we need to care for them.

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'Looking after cows is 24/7.

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'Taking time off can be a problem.

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'Being keen can get you a long way.

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'Living creatures deserve respect.

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'Make sure you treat them well.'

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How many different breeds of cow do you have?

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Probably about nine or ten different breeds.

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We've got the Guernseys in the shed,

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we've got some Holstein Friesians in the other shed,

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and there is a range of continental and native breeds

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and crossbreds mixed in that shed as well.

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Certain cows have been bred with different production traits in mind.

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These Guernsey cows have been bred with high-fat and milk quality for

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making ice cream, cheese, butter,

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whereas the Holstein Friesian has been bred more

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with a focus on liquid production.

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What time do you start and finish work?

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I normally get up at about five o'clock

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and I'm on the farm for 5.30.

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I usually work through till breakfast,

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go and have some breakfast and then come back out onto the farm.

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My day usually finishes at about 6.30 in the evening.

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But quite often there's late calvings in the evening,

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through the night, it is by no means 9 to 5.

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-So, shall we get on with the first assignment?

-Yeah, let's get started.

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'For various reasons,

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'some cows occasionally get milked away from the robotic system.'

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-Ugh!

-Oh!

-Look at that. There we go. There we go.

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This is like a sausage.

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'Ugh! This experience might make Holly rethink her

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'"cows are cute and cuddly" theory.

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'Megan and Holly will be helping to milk this cow in order to feed her

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'newly-born calf.

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'There is a lot of concentration here as the girls firstly clean the

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'teats before attaching the unit that sucks out the milk.'

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Perfect.

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-Then you can see the milk's started to come to this pipe.

-Yeah.

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Going into the bucket, ready for her calf.

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OK, so this calf gets 2L in the morning and 2L in the afternoon.

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So if you want to do the honours.

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Just hold it out, it should get the idea.

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What is this calf called? Has it got a name? Or has it got a number?

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It hasn't got a name yet.

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What about Steve?

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-Sounds good. Looks like a Steve.

-Is it a boy or a girl?

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It is a boy, so Steve is very appropriate.

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Hi, Steve. Milk time. Come on, Steve.

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'Steve seems to be enjoying the milk that the girls have

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-'just helped get from his mother.'

-It's cute.

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Got a powerful sucker on him. Look at him.

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He's doing exactly the same with his tongue as that milking unit was

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doing to the cow's udder.

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He has just wrapped his tongue around the teat

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and just creating that vacuum to draw the milk out of the teat.

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-He seems to be wagging his tail, does that mean he is happy?

-Yeah.

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-Definitely.

-'Finally, Holly gives Steve a new straw bed.

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'So he can relax after his milk.'

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Right, I'm afraid it's not all glamorous, so now that we have

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finished feeding the calf, let's go and do some cleaning up.

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ALEX LAUGHS

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See you, Steve. Catch you later.

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As a chef, farmers are an integral part of my business.

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Without the farmers, creating the wonderful produce that they produce,

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whether it's vegetables, meat,

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and really taking care of that produce

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and giving me the best possible product is to use in my restaurant,

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my restaurant wouldn't be these success it is.

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As a chef, it is really important for me that I know exactly where my

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produce comes from, so I want to know the guy who rears the pigs,

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has the beef for me, grows the vegetables.

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This is really, really important to me as a chef.

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Over the years, in the restaurant, it has been really important

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that I had built up this degree of trust with my producers, my farmers,

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from everyone who supplies the food to the restaurant.

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I need to understand their world and they need to understand my world.

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'Megan and Holly are learning loads about farming.

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'But they are about to realise that sometimes you just have to get your

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'hands dirty.'

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So I just want you to scrape off anything where the udder goes

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that isn't sawdust.

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Pull it down into the lane and then rake some fresh sawdust

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over the top, so that they have got a nice clean bed to lie on.

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And just keep going right the way down the row.

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I can see a problem ahead.

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That is a big bit of dung, that, isn't it?

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That is a monster.

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'Good work, Megan. No time to be squeamish,

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'just time to dump the dung.

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'Holly's turn to be a hygiene operative.

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'I wonder if she still thinks cows are cuddly.'

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Scrape it right down off the step, Holly.

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'Yes, yes, not bad, Holly. Well done.'

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It was a bit out of my comfort zone,

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as I'm used to sheep and much smaller animals.

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I feel the assignments went really well.

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I was really in my element, working with dairy cows.

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My favourite part about the assignment

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'was feeding the baby calf.'

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I think I'm still set on cows.

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But this is a little grim, the way they poo.

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Holly, I thought you were very enthusiastic,

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I liked that you were interested in the cows.

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I think you need to gain a little more confidence working

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with the cows.

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Megan, I thought you were also very enthusiastic,

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'you were proactive with the cows,

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'and it was evident that you've worked with livestock before.'

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You could certainly have a career with cows.

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'Our rookies have had a farm-tastic experience.

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'Shepherding, ploughing, and caring for cattle.

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'But have they got what it takes to make it in the industry?'

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I think that the pair of you should be really proud of yourselves.

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I think there is no reason whatsoever

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why you couldn't both become farmers.

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You have certainly got all the attributes that you need.

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If you want it bad enough, it can happen.

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You girls just stick at it and never give in.

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-RICHARD:

-Megan, hopefully, driving big tractors and noisy machinery

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hasn't put you off the job too much.

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Holly, for the future, I think you will do really well.

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You are really keen and I think you will have no problem at all finding

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a job in farming as well.

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Holly, I certainly think you would make a good dairy farmer,

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as long as you can address your confidence with the cows

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and the fact that you will get covered in slobber.

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Megan, I think you would make an excellent dairy farmer,

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from what I saw of your skills with the cows,

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I wish you would consider a career with cows instead of sheep.

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I'm sure you would have a lot more fun.

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So, Megan and Holly, you've had a really good go at farming,

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you've had a go at dairy farming, sheep farming, and arable farming.

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You have also found out that farming is long hours and it is hard work.

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Megan, do you still want to be a farmer?

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-Yes.

-And do you still want to work with sheep?

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-Yeah.

-No doubt about it?

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You're not swayed by these lovely Guernsey cows behind us?

0:26:440:26:47

-Not really.

-Come on.

-No? OK, and what about you, Holly?

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Do you still want to be a cow farmer?

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Yes, although I would be open to other options.

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As in sheep. I just really enjoyed working with them,

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and they are a little bit smaller and easier to handle.

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That's really good. Well, because you have worked so hard

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and you have done so well, I think it is time that we had a bit of

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relaxation, don't you?

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Why don't we go to the moooovies?

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The movies, the moooovies.

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Don't you find it amoooosing?

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It's very funny.

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Come on, then, let's go. Come on.

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