Traditional practices alongside modern diversification form essence of business

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With 1,100 Scottish Blackface ewes run across eight hefts of less favoured hill land at Biggar, Lanarkshire, alongside representing the interests of sheep farmers in Scotland, NSA Scottish Region Chairman Jenifer Craig has plenty to keep her busy."I run the farm in partnership with my father, which is great because it gives us both the opportunity to get off-farm once in a while. It also gives me opportunities to grow the business as interests me, with my father's support," Jen says.Time off the farm accelerated for Jen when she became an NSA Next Generation Ambassador in 2014, intensifying when she later became a regional officeholder.At home, the 700ha (1,750-acre) farm runs a very traditional system meaning the sheep rarely see people and are only gathered a handful of times throughout the year.