Martin and his wife Debbie moved from Derbyshire to La Vieille Cour, Loire-Atlantique, France, in 1990. They farm 50ha and run 28 French Prim Holsteins. They say farming is full of surprises and we have certainly had our fair share over the last month. Up to the end of October, we were having an Indian summer with temperatures up to 20°C I phoned the weather station, who said that the first week in November would be colder but dry, so I started ploughing two 1.5ha fields (as I enjoy ploughing).
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