CLARKE & PULMAN AMBASSADOR
FARMING WITH AMY Welcome to our new feature, starring local farmer, Amy 'Ginge' Wilkinson. Amy gives us an insight into life on her Southport farm and her honest opinion on the latest farming equipment.
So, when I was thinking about how to introduce myself, I thought of the two questions I get asked by the farmer every time I go contract baling. As there will hopefully be a lot of farmers reading this, and other people too, fingers crossed, I thought it’s a good way to start. Question one – usually asked when I jump out the cab – probably because the last thing they expected was for a girl to appear. “Are you sure, you know what you are doing?” Driving a baler; yes, I do. Writing in a magazine however, I have no clue but here we are anyway. Question two. Being a red head, I can guarantee this question will always follow, “Does the temper match the hair?” The short answer is yes. Yes, it does.
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Now we have got that out of the way I can move on to the usual introduction stuff… I am Amy Wilkinson and I farm with my Dad near Southport. We grow 285 Ha of arable crops and rear, through to finishing, around 550 beef cattle all bought in as dairy calves. We have been customers of Clarke & Pulman since they set up in 2003 and run Massey Ferguson’s and a JCB telehandler. The reason I have the pleasure of being published in this magazine is because I have recently become a Clarke & Pulman ambassador. So you may see me on C&P social media testing out kit and giving my honest opinion. As well, you’ll see me supporting C&P customers’ businesses through our new feature, #C&Psupportlocal.
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