Having experienced, lived and breathed the farming life helps you to understand what clients face on a daily basis: the 2 am phone calls to say the stock has escaped; the 5 am call to say the relief herdsman hasn't turned up and you are needed to help with milking; the stock feed round every day of the year including Christmas Day and bank holidays; the rules, regulations and requirements to comply and ensure your produce is properly accountable and marketable; the constant monitoring of and worrying about the weather; the crucial timings of
silage cuts and
harvest, and the list goes on.