Rachel farms with husband Stephen, son Sam and daughter Anna on their Yorkshire Water tenanted upland farm that sees them running a pedigree herd of 90 Salers cows plus youngstock and followers that they show at the Great Yorkshire Show, and 420 breeding ewes. Stoneleigh, the Warwickshire headquarters of the National Farmers Union, London and all points north, south, east and west now occupy much of Rachel’s week that sees her leave home 5.
“And let’s not kid anybody, the Basic Payment Scheme has always kept a lid on food prices to a degree and whichever party comes in at the next General Election, the SFI schemes and others like capital grant schemes and any others have got to be a continual work in progress while maintaining the policy we’ve got when it comes to food.