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00:01Across Scotland's remote and rugged landscapes...
00:04It's absolutely out of this world.
00:08..farming families...
00:09Keep going. Well done.
00:10..are working harder than ever...
00:12..to make a living.
00:15Blood, sweat and tears went into them.
00:21..embracing new ideas...
00:23He's in.
00:24Perfect.
00:25Abby?
00:26..and preserving ancient traditions.
00:28His goal was to get us to love it,
00:30and he's definitely achieved that.
00:32..trying to ensure the future for the next generation.
00:36Would you prefer to be farming or school?
00:38Farmer.
00:39..in challenging times.
00:41Are they going to take away a farm just yet?
00:44When you see this, you have to deal with the problem.
00:47It's quite heartbreaking.
00:49Five families...
00:50Please.
00:51..share their struggles.
00:53I don't even know why I'm crying.
00:54It happens all the time.
00:56It's all very stressful.
00:58Oh, my goodness.
00:59..and celebrate their triumphs.
01:01Well done.
01:02Isn't that not just the most beautiful thing you could see?
01:05That's why I do it.
01:12..summer is turning to autumn.
01:15On you go, up, up, up.
01:17The change of season marks the end of the farming calendar.
01:22There you go, happy days.
01:25And the seeds of new beginnings.
01:28Right, let's go out to the glen.
01:35In Dumfries and Galloway, at Old Newton Farm, it's a 5am start for the Johnston family.
01:42What shoes are you wearing, Piggy?
01:47To keep their dairy contract, they have to be producing milk in just six weeks' time.
01:53But to do that, they need a new dairy herd.
01:56Now, other foot, please.
01:59That's him. Good job.
02:00So today, they're heading to a farm sale in Cheshire.
02:05Do you think we're going to buy a little cow today?
02:07Two.
02:07Oh, you're not very optimistic then?
02:11A little bit nervous, because they could be at a fairly strong price.
02:16So it's a tough one, I reckon we've done all of this to maybe not be able to buy any
02:21if they're too expensive.
02:25All right.
02:26Get your headphones on to it.
02:28You can always go for a wee nap on the way.
02:32The market for dairy cows is at a high right now.
02:36A cell ring is just a pressure cooker though, isn't it?
02:39Yeah.
02:40You get 30 seconds, maybe a minute in the ring.
02:42To make a decision on the cow.
02:43To make a decision and bid on it.
02:45It's only the day that might define the rest of your milking career.
02:49There's no nerves to be had.
02:51And that's not their only challenge.
02:53The dairy shed build is now weeks behind schedule.
02:58And they can't produce milk without a working parlour.
03:03If we don't hit our deadline on the milk in the tank, we lose our milk contracts.
03:08So that puts into jeopardy our whole business.
03:12We've just spent in the region of £300,000 on a new dairy build.
03:17So I would say it would be pretty catastrophic if we lost that contract and we have nowhere to sell
03:22our milk.
03:25Oh my God.
03:33They're not a million miles different tarpaulin happens, are they?
03:36No.
03:38Is that a smell?
03:40Adam's dad PJ has driven up from Gloucestershire to help out.
03:45He's gorgeous, isn't he?
03:49Look at your grandson.
03:50It's like a proper farmer.
03:52A bad part of Jayol.
03:55Right, we're going to have a quick look around these cows.
03:58Everyone got their fuel they need?
04:00Yeah?
04:00Everyone happy now?
04:02All the boys are fed, or being fed.
04:05And we're going to go look around some cows.
04:14These are all milking cows.
04:16We want to buy the dry cows.
04:17Because obviously we've got nowhere to milk them at the moment.
04:21Dry cows are pregnant and not in milk.
04:24But they'll calve in time to produce milk for the delivery deadline.
04:29They look really smart actually.
04:31A lot bigger than I thought they would be.
04:34Yeah, really smart.
04:35But...
04:37Pardon?
04:37No, I know which other one I want.
04:40OK.
04:41Dairy milk we want.
04:42Yeah.
04:43Dairy milk.
04:44Oh, OK.
04:45I reckon we just found the person to take over our farm when me and Adam want to retire.
04:54Dairy milk.
04:56Yeah.
04:57Dairy milk.
04:59Dairy milk.
05:02Dairy milk.
05:13Dairy milk.
05:16Dairy milk.
05:17Over the two-day sale, Lucy and Adam want to buy around 40 cows.
05:23Dairy milk.
05:24Dairy milk.
05:25Dairy milk.
05:26Dairy milk.
05:28Dairy milk.
05:41Dairy milk.
05:4250, 70, 50, 80, 50.
05:44They've set themselves a budget,
05:46averaging £2,500 per cow.
05:49If I missed you,
05:50which is away this time at £22.50.
05:53The Johnson family, thank you very much.
05:55We've got our first car.
05:58Very excited.
05:59Adam is also excited,
06:00but you can't retail by his weight.
06:02£28,000, £19,50, took it there,
06:04£2,000, £50, £20, £50, £1,
06:06£2, £20, £21, £20,
06:08£3 is the same, £1,50,
06:10£18, £18, £18,
06:11£18, £18, £2,000, £2,000,
06:13£2,200, Johnson, £2,200.
06:18Two cows bought,
06:19both well within budget.
06:22Do you just want to go out
06:23and save us some fresh air?
06:25Did you?
06:28It was a little bit nerve-wracking
06:30to make sure we buy
06:31enough to justify transport
06:34all the way up to Scotland,
06:35so that's the next challenge.
06:38Ideally, we'd buy
06:39£35, £40 minimum
06:41to get on a lorry.
06:42Three, two, three...
06:44At the moment,
06:45I think we bought three,
06:46so another £37 to go.
06:48... at £24,50
06:50and our summer away
06:50at £24,50, Johnson.
06:54Can I get a Rocky Road as well, please?
06:56Thank you so much.
06:57I'm going to go deliver cakes
06:58and a sausage roll
06:59and hope that keeps them going
07:00for a little bit longer.
07:02Lot number 103 is next.
07:03There's a dry cowl,
07:04who's got so in our form
07:05in 2018.
07:06At 1800, 188, 50,
07:0880, 50, 90, 8, 1950.
07:0990, 50, 90, 52.
07:112050, 20, 51,
07:12if you like, 1, 2, 1,
07:132, 150, 21, 50.
07:15In the front of it,
07:1621, 50, 21, 50.
07:18That goes to the Johnson's.
07:20Well into the afternoon,
07:21they've only bought
07:23eight cows.
07:24Little one, like 50,
07:2526, 57, 27, 50,
07:2828, 2008.
07:29It's a lovely young cow here.
07:30But the prices are going up.
07:3220, 26, 50, 26, 57, 27, 50.
07:35So 27, 50,
07:36then she's away this time
07:37at 27, 50.
07:39Johnson, as before,
07:4027, 50.
07:42And with just nine cows
07:43at their target budget average,
07:46they decide to call it quits.
07:49The cows are getting
07:49a wee bit younger now,
07:50so your prices are starting
07:51to creep up.
07:52It's starting to flow 2,000s
07:54and now we're up to
07:54sort of low 3,000s price points.
07:56We knew they were going
07:57to be dear enough,
07:58but I don't think we can afford
08:00to put a hood together
08:01at three grand ahead.
08:027, 27, don't lose her.
08:03But 27, 50.
08:05For now,
08:06they have to get back
08:07to Scotland,
08:08so they'll bid on day two
08:10of the sale remotely.
08:12But we've got the heifers tomorrow,
08:13so hopefully they can make up
08:15a lorry load.
08:18Consumer demand,
08:21seasonality,
08:22and the weather
08:23can all affect
08:24livestock prices.
08:31200 miles north-west
08:32on Scotland's remote
08:34and rugged Kintyre Peninsula.
08:37We're going through
08:38the middle field.
08:39Aye.
08:40Yeah.
08:41Andrew Glenn
08:41and Dad Terence
08:43are gathering in their ewes
08:45with single lambs.
08:47Are you wanting to come up
08:48with me in the field or not?
08:50Aye, I'll go up with you
08:51and help you up there.
08:54Also on the team
08:55is agricultural student Natalie.
09:00So, you're done there, Natalie.
09:02Just stop me
09:03from going down the lane.
09:05And me and Dad
09:06will be bringing it
09:07out of this field.
09:09Dad.
09:10What?
09:10Me and you
09:11are both going up.
09:12Yep.
09:12So we all know
09:13where we're going.
09:14Yep.
09:15Natalie,
09:16do you know
09:17where you're going?
09:18I do know
09:18where I'm going.
09:18You don't know
09:19where I'm going.
09:28Today,
09:29they're weaning
09:30and weighing lambs.
09:33Welcome.
09:34The results
09:35will reveal
09:36how well
09:36this year's stock
09:37is growing.
09:39Welcome.
09:40Here, bro.
09:42Go on, go on.
09:50It's not just the lambs
09:52that are on weight watch.
09:55Don't you laugh at it.
09:5868.
09:59Very nice.
09:5990.
10:02I usually run
10:04about 87.
10:06You're wearing
10:07steel-toed cap
10:08wellies.
10:12There they go.
10:13There they go.
10:20Orange.
10:23Come on.
10:24The lambs are colour-coded
10:27according to weight.
10:29Long keep stores,
10:31which is 33,
10:3236 kilograms.
10:35Blue.
10:37Short keep stores,
10:3936 to 40.
10:40And then, hopefully,
10:42everything above 40
10:43is fat.
10:45Yellow.
10:47They want high numbers
10:48of fat lambs
10:50nearly ready
10:50to be sold.
10:52Jesus.
10:53Yep.
10:54Especially as they
10:55need to buy in
10:56more breeding stock
10:57after losing 60 sheep
10:59in winter storms.
11:02We lost so many
11:03with a flood.
11:04We're going to have
11:05to buy ones in.
11:06But the price of lambs
11:08this year is insane.
11:10It might come down,
11:11but we're not sure yet.
11:15Yellow.
11:17This year,
11:18we seem to have
11:18so much grass
11:19and we're still
11:20in the time of the year
11:21where the grass
11:22has good protein in it.
11:23so they're growing.
11:24They're growing well,
11:25actually.
11:28Right, done.
11:30Perfect.
11:31The results are in.
11:3423 big ones.
11:3630 bucks for a good.
11:39A welcome boost
11:41to their depleted flock.
11:45They're nice
11:46to be lambs.
11:47They are.
11:52Autumn is a busy season
11:54in the farming calendar
11:55with harvesting,
11:57livestock sales
11:59and the start
12:00and the start
12:00of breeding cycles.
12:0550 miles northeast
12:06in Glasgow,
12:08Adams had to make time
12:10in his demanding schedule
12:11for a long-awaited
12:13prosthetic leg fitting.
12:15Have a wee wee
12:16and I'll let them know
12:16you're here, okay?
12:17Magic.
12:18Thanks, Adam.
12:20Although antibiotics
12:21have helped
12:22with the recent infection,
12:23he needs a replacement leg.
12:26I've had this leg
12:27for about two years
12:28so your stump changes
12:29over time
12:30so it's just
12:31become time
12:32for a new one basically
12:33that will fit
12:34a wee bit better
12:34and stop me
12:35getting some sores
12:35and whatnot
12:36and just make it
12:37a wee bit easier
12:37going forward.
12:38I think I've got
12:38some new feet
12:39to try as well
12:40so yeah,
12:41that should be pretty good.
12:45At Old Newton,
12:46Lucy is preparing
12:48for day two
12:48of the cow auction.
12:50In you go.
12:52But this time
12:53she'll be bidding online.
12:55You can sit there.
12:56So,
12:57I'm on my own
12:58doing bidding.
13:00I just don't know
13:01how I actually do it
13:03is the problem.
13:05She needs to pick cows
13:06due to calf
13:07at the right time.
13:09October 5th.
13:11To coincide
13:12with the parlour
13:13being finished.
13:14As soon as a cow calves
13:16she'll have a lot
13:17of milk to her
13:18and just
13:20the way
13:20dairy cows are nowadays
13:22they have a lot more
13:23milk than a calf
13:24can drink
13:25so it would cause her
13:27a fair amount
13:28of health issues
13:28if we didn't get
13:29that milk off of her.
13:30So we've just got
13:31to be really careful
13:31that when they're
13:32calving in
13:32that we're going
13:33to have somewhere
13:33to milk them.
13:36Right,
13:37so this is the first one.
13:3917,
13:40thank you,
13:40much of lies.
13:4017 bid,
13:411700,
13:4117,
13:4250,
13:4218,
13:4318,
13:4350,
13:4319,
13:4420,
13:4420,
13:4420,
13:4420,
13:4520,
13:4524,
13:4750,
13:4724,
13:4850,
13:48make 80,
13:4924,
13:4980,
13:50tiny to 0.525,
13:52another 50,
13:5325,
13:5350,
13:5425,
13:5450,
13:5525,
13:5550,
13:5525,
13:5650,
13:56shakes his head
13:57ringside
13:57then she's
13:58away online
13:58at 25,
14:0050,
14:00Lucy Johnson
14:0125,
14:0250,
14:02thank you.
14:03Yay,
14:04I got one.
14:06And it was
14:06when I wanted
14:09I'm petrified.
14:10Poor Doug's
14:11probably bounced
14:12to the ceiling
14:12because I sat
14:13there bouncing
14:14and the joys
14:15of parenting
14:15and trying
14:16to farm.
14:18And you're
14:19going to have
14:19a little sleep.
14:25And other cows
14:26up that
14:26fits their
14:27timeline.
14:30I'll second one
14:34in.
14:35I know,
14:36buddy.
14:38And by the time
14:39Adam checks
14:39in...
14:40It's like
14:41Tinder for cows,
14:42is it?
14:42Yeah,
14:43and I'm
14:43loving it.
14:44She's bought
14:45four.
14:4524,
14:4650,
14:465,
14:4725,
14:48at 25,
14:49500,
14:50Johnson
14:5025.
14:52Yay,
14:52go,
14:52mum!
14:53Go,
14:53mum!
14:54At 2-9,
14:552,009,
14:5650,
14:5629,
14:5750,
14:57at 29,
14:5850,
14:58throw up there
14:59at 3,000,
14:59bid online
15:00at 3,000.
15:01That was
15:01actually the way
15:01this time
15:02at 3,000.
15:03Johnson
15:04makes a way
15:04to Scotland
15:053,000.
15:06Can you get
15:06some good biscuits?
15:08Just being
15:08the boss
15:09over here
15:09doing the bidding.
15:11It's gone
15:11to my head.
15:14There we are then.
15:16Oh,
15:16it's like
15:16an online
15:17gambling game,
15:17I think,
15:18yeah.
15:18Well,
15:18I've just been
15:18in there
15:19and Lucy spent
15:1910,000
15:20in about
15:20three minutes.
15:22It's an expensive
15:23week.
15:24I had to buy
15:25a new feeder
15:25wagon,
15:26new sheds,
15:27new cows.
15:28It's a big week.
15:30Signed at
15:312800,
15:32Johnson
15:3228.
15:34So heifers
15:35Lucy's bidding
15:35on at the
15:36minutes are
15:36first-time
15:37mums,
15:38basically,
15:38so they've
15:38never milked
15:39before.
15:39Generally,
15:39in the first
15:40year,
15:41they don't
15:42produce quite
15:42as much milk
15:43as a second
15:44and third
15:44lactation cow.
15:45But you've
15:46also got
15:46that cow
15:47for more
15:48years,
15:48so for us,
15:49we'd much
15:50rather buy
15:50a younger
15:50herd that
15:52we're going
15:52to have
15:52for the next
15:5310 years,
15:53hopefully,
15:54than buy
15:55older cows
15:55and then have
15:56to replace
15:56them sooner.
15:58that's how
15:59we've done
15:59it before
15:59and it
15:59worked really
16:00well.
16:05Done.
16:06Woo-hoo!
16:07Nine,
16:08ten,
16:08eleven,
16:09twelve.
16:10And there's
16:11how you spend
16:1130 grand
16:12in about
16:1220 minutes.
16:15You're not
16:15happy with that.
16:16That's good.
16:17Twelve.
16:18So we bought
16:1921 total.
16:20Yeah.
16:20So we bought
16:21nine yesterday.
16:21That's all right,
16:21then.
16:22Good.
16:22More cows
16:23on the farm.
16:24We're, like,
16:24getting closer
16:25and closer to
16:25being a proper
16:26dairy farm.
16:28Yeah,
16:29it's exciting.
16:32The cows
16:33will be delivered
16:34in a fortnight.
16:35Hey,
16:36all you needed,
16:37the persuader.
16:39Happy?
16:40Now,
16:41Adam and Craig
16:42need to finish
16:43building the
16:43milking parlour.
16:45Come on.
16:47Two weeks
16:48behind schedule.
16:49OK.
16:51They're working
16:51all the hours
16:52they can
16:52to get back
16:53on track.
16:56We're winning
16:57slowly.
16:57We'll get this
16:58one up.
16:58That's just
16:58halfway through
16:59the steels.
17:00Hopefully,
17:00by the end
17:01of tomorrow,
17:02we'll have
17:02all the main
17:02steels up
17:03and braced
17:04and then
17:04we'll get
17:04the timbers
17:05on and
17:06then get
17:07the gable
17:07ends filled
17:08in.
17:09There we go.
17:11Hopefully,
17:11next week,
17:12we'll get the roof
17:12on,
17:13robot room
17:14built,
17:14and prove
17:16everyone wrong
17:16that says it
17:17can't be done.
17:19He is very
17:20good at delivering
17:20the undeliverables.
17:23But it all
17:24comes at a
17:24considerable cost.
17:26We've gone
17:27down the route
17:28of financing,
17:28which isn't ideal.
17:30It's another
17:30load of interest
17:31we've got to pay
17:32and payments
17:33coming out
17:33every month.
17:35They're having
17:36to borrow
17:36another £54,000
17:38on top of
17:39their £1.6
17:40million mortgage.
17:43So,
17:44there is a lot
17:44on the line.
17:45I think that's
17:46probably why
17:47I'm so
17:49probably stupidly
17:50optimistic is
17:52I'm not prepared
17:53to lose this
17:53and neither
17:54is Adam.
17:56I don't know
17:57what we'll do
17:58if this doesn't
17:58work.
18:0770 miles
18:08north-west
18:09of Moffat,
18:09in the Firth
18:10of Clyde,
18:12Callum Lindsay
18:12is returning
18:13home to the
18:14Isle of Arran
18:14with his
18:15latest investment,
18:17a second-hand
18:19tractor that's
18:20cost him
18:20and Zara
18:21£12,000.
18:24I'm just
18:24interested to
18:26see it.
18:26I would maybe
18:26say excited.
18:28It was needed.
18:30I mean,
18:30here you can't
18:30get our big
18:31tractor in,
18:32so I knew
18:33we needed to
18:34spend money
18:34on something.
18:36There's your
18:37new rod.
18:39Ah,
18:39it's good.
18:40It starts,
18:41it drives.
18:42Ah.
18:42We're going
18:43places, dear.
18:43We're going
18:44places.
18:45It saves me
18:45rolling and
18:46shoveling in
18:47silage in the
18:47winter in there,
18:49so at least
18:49we've got a
18:50tractor that
18:50can at least
18:51push it into
18:51the cows.
18:52I'm happy.
18:54Good.
18:55Happy farmer,
18:56happy wife.
19:02They're also
19:02investing in a
19:03new farm
19:04building.
19:06We're putting
19:06up a shed
19:07that's going
19:07to be 20
19:08foot wide
19:09and 60
19:09foot long.
19:11That looks
19:12good.
19:14We've made
19:15the ground
19:15big enough
19:16that we can
19:17drive round
19:17the back of
19:18the shed
19:18and come to
19:18there,
19:19or we can
19:19bring sheep
19:20round or
19:21cattle in.
19:23It's like
19:23every shed,
19:24you know,
19:24it's a vital
19:25asset to the
19:25property.
19:26It's a big
19:27change to us.
19:28You know,
19:28it's a step
19:29in the right
19:29direction.
19:33Right,
19:34good to go.
19:36They're
19:37saving on
19:38labour costs,
19:39but still
19:39need to buy
19:40in building
19:40supplies.
19:42We're still
19:43at the stage
19:43where any
19:45money we
19:45make gets
19:46invested
19:46straight back
19:47into the
19:47business.
19:48Looks like
19:49it's all just
19:49money going
19:50out, but,
19:51you know,
19:52in the long
19:53run, it's
19:53going to be a
19:54huge amount
19:54better for us.
19:55Hopefully,
19:56it's starting
19:57to expand our
19:58business as a
19:59whole.
20:00So, today,
20:01we're starting
20:02building that
20:03expansion and
20:04building that
20:04dream.
20:06Now, we need
20:07to put all
20:07this onto the
20:08trailer.
20:11Ferry costs
20:11can push up
20:12prices.
20:13I think I've
20:14got a wee
20:14bargain.
20:15Said that
20:16they'd do it a
20:16wee bit cheaper
20:17to the pallet,
20:17so hopefully
20:18that'll keep
20:18Cam happy.
20:20Right, that
20:20should stay
20:21on until we
20:22get home.
20:25All the
20:26more handy
20:26that they
20:27own a major
20:27source of
20:28materials.
20:30When we
20:31came here,
20:31the quarry
20:32was a
20:33square that
20:33was fenced
20:33out the
20:34perimeter of
20:35the farm.
20:36So, we
20:37bought the
20:37quarry.
20:38It was about
20:397,500 plus
20:40the legals.
20:41The quarry has
20:42already more
20:43than paid for
20:44itself.
20:46The yard that
20:46we built in the
20:47spring, if we
20:49were to have
20:49bought the
20:49stone, we
20:50would have
20:50been about
20:5035,000 in
20:52stone.
20:54Callum
20:54estimates it
20:55will save
20:56them another
20:56£10,000 on
20:58the new
20:58shed.
20:59We don't
21:00have the
21:00money, you
21:01know.
21:02With our
21:02own natural
21:03resources on
21:04the farm,
21:04it's allowed
21:05us to do
21:05what we're
21:06doing.
21:08Help!
21:12What?
21:13Whoa!
21:15It's still
21:16going to cost
21:16us about
21:17eight grand,
21:18but it's a
21:19massive saving
21:20and if you
21:20had somebody
21:20to just
21:21come in
21:21without the
21:22groundwork
21:23come in
21:23to wreck
21:24the shed,
21:25you'd be
21:25about 25,000
21:26for a timber
21:27shed.
21:28Maybe being
21:28a jack-of-all
21:29trades and
21:29a master
21:30nuns, they
21:30weigh the
21:31future.
21:32My biggest
21:33fear is
21:34getting the
21:34mixture right,
21:35you know,
21:35it's a bit
21:37like baking
21:37a cake.
21:38A wee bit
21:39too much
21:39water, it's
21:40too runny,
21:41a little bit
21:41too little
21:41water, it's
21:42stodgy.
21:47Using
21:48reclaimed
21:48telegraph poles
21:49from the
21:49island is
21:50another
21:50saving.
21:53Into
21:54the hole.
21:58It needs
21:59to go
21:59that way.
22:00How much?
22:01Five inches.
22:03All right,
22:03OK.
22:04Lift it
22:05up.
22:05Lift it
22:06up?
22:07Back.
22:08Whoa.
22:11I'm happy
22:12because he's
22:13doing the
22:13skippy work,
22:14he's doing
22:14the shovel
22:15work and
22:16I'm here,
22:16so roll
22:17reversal for
22:18all of five
22:19minutes.
22:21With more
22:21shed space,
22:23Callum and
22:23Zara can
22:24increase their
22:25livestock numbers
22:26and future
22:27profits too.
22:29It's the
22:29start to a
22:30feat of
22:30engineering.
22:33Either that or
22:34a disaster,
22:35one or the
22:35other, but
22:36once you've
22:37got the first
22:37one in,
22:38you're committed,
22:38aren't you?
22:39It's going to
22:39look a bit
22:40daft if I've
22:40only got one
22:41pole sitting
22:41in the middle
22:42of the yard.
22:43But yes,
22:44I don't think
22:45it's going to
22:45blow away anyway.
22:49Well, you
22:50can add shed
22:50building to your
22:51CV now.
22:53Oh, no,
22:53wouldn't it go
22:54that far?
23:00just ten miles
23:01across the
23:02water in
23:03Kintyre.
23:05Hang on
23:06there.
23:06I'll go up
23:07in here.
23:08The lambs need
23:09supplementary feeding
23:10to help them
23:11thrive.
23:13It's rolling.
23:14Right, it's still
23:15rolling, rolling,
23:15rolling.
23:21These animals are
23:22quite fat, but
23:23they just need
23:24to be kept
23:24going.
23:25This will put
23:26the weight on
23:27them.
23:27And this year,
23:29the way that
23:29prices have been,
23:31it's well
23:31worthwhile doing
23:32that.
23:3563-year-old
23:36Terrence has
23:37farmed all his
23:38life.
23:40But a stroke
23:4114 years ago,
23:43a recent
23:44prostate cancer
23:44diagnosis and
23:46angina are all
23:48cause for concern.
23:51I have had to
23:53come to him a few
23:54times this year
23:54and say, look,
23:55you need to go
23:56inside.
23:57He just slows
23:58down and he
24:01thinks I can't
24:01see when he is
24:02ill.
24:04He would try
24:04to keep it a
24:05secret and pretend
24:06like everything's
24:06fine.
24:08As he's doing
24:09the thing he
24:10loves and the
24:11place he loves,
24:14he's not
24:14want any
24:15external force
24:16like his
24:17health stopping
24:18them from doing
24:18that.
24:23Rain on again?
24:25Yep.
24:26It's maybe not
24:26going to be too
24:27heavy though.
24:29Terrence is on
24:30monthly checkups
24:31for his angina.
24:33There's a lot of
24:34very nice lambs in
24:35there.
24:36Yeah, hasn't
24:36they?
24:38Today his wife
24:39Helen is meeting
24:39nurse Jackie with
24:40him.
24:42She'll be asking
24:43how you got on
24:44with your tablets.
24:45No, I've actually
24:46been taking my
24:47tablets regularly.
24:48She won't be
24:49impressed.
24:50She won't.
24:56It'd be quite
24:57lonely in the far
24:58without Dad, but I
24:59would never tell him
25:00to stop or even
25:01want him to stop
25:02because it's one of
25:02them things where
25:03that's his life.
25:05That's all he's ever
25:06really knowing, like
25:08that's what sort of
25:09keeps him going
25:09almost.
25:12This year especially,
25:13I couldn't have done
25:14what I'd done without
25:16Dad.
25:17If I could just have
25:18it that he's doing
25:19as easy jobs as the
25:21ones he loves to do,
25:23that's what I'm going
25:23to aim for.
25:25Yeah.
25:26Check your blood
25:26pressure.
25:29Not too bad.
25:31Very similar to the
25:32last time.
25:33Last time.
25:33That's good.
25:34You're still having
25:35angina daily?
25:37Probably been three
25:37days, but I had one
25:39today after I had been
25:40lifting big bags of
25:43compost and I just
25:45relax and it goes
25:46away.
25:47Oh, yeah.
25:47I think what it was,
25:49I maybe missed a day
25:50with my pregabalin.
25:52Oh, there's a shock,
25:53aren't you?
25:54So I've been
25:56religiously taking
25:57them.
25:57Taking all your
25:58tablets?
25:58Taking all my
25:59tablets as prescribed.
26:01Gold star for
26:02tears.
26:04How's your
26:04appetite?
26:05Well, when you
26:07look at that, you
26:07know it's pretty
26:09good.
26:10You know what that
26:11means, don't you?
26:12No more sweets.
26:13No more baskets.
26:16No more baskets.
26:16No more cakes.
26:17No more cakes.
26:18A reduction of bread
26:19as well.
26:20A reduction of bread?
26:22Oh, no.
26:23Absolutely.
26:24And just walking so
26:25that you're getting
26:26your heart rate up
26:27and keeping it up.
26:28Yeah, not just
26:28down to the yard.
26:30No.
26:31Very good,
26:31thank you very
26:32much.
26:33We'll see you
26:34at a month's time.
26:35Nice to see you again.
26:36We'll see you later.
26:37Bye.
26:38Bye.
26:39Thanks, bye.
26:42I see a lot of
26:43farmers through this
26:44job and they do,
26:47they just kind of
26:48blink it all out
26:49and think that
26:50they're OK.
26:51And no,
26:52they're not.
26:54But actually,
26:56I think deep down
26:57he knows that
26:58he does need to
26:59change his ways
27:00a wee bit.
27:01And I'd always find
27:03it's better when
27:03Helen's there
27:04because Helen is,
27:05Helen's taking it
27:06all on board
27:07and probably cracks
27:09the whip once
27:09they're home.
27:11I'm maybe not
27:12doing as much
27:13as I should be doing.
27:15I want to be here
27:16as long as possible
27:17to be with Helen
27:18and the rest
27:19of the family.
27:20At the end of the day,
27:22it's up to me
27:23to take the advice
27:25and use it.
27:26But you never think
27:27about that
27:28whenever you're working
27:29and the job
27:30needs done.
27:32But that's just life.
27:35Farming life.
27:42In Dumfries and Galloway,
27:44there's no let-up
27:45on the workload
27:46for Adam and Lucy.
27:48Today,
27:49they're taking delivery
27:50of the pregnant cows
27:51they bought
27:52from the Cheshire auction.
27:54You stand up there,
27:55Dougal.
27:56Good idea.
27:58They'll start calving
27:59in just four weeks.
28:03So we're in a bit
28:03of a sticky situation.
28:05We need the cows
28:05to be here
28:06ready for the robot.
28:08But we also don't want
28:08them to calve too soon
28:09because we've got
28:10nowhere to milk them.
28:12One that we bought
28:13had calved a couple
28:14of days ago
28:14so we have had to
28:15not let it on a lorry
28:16just because we've got
28:17nowhere to milk it.
28:20They could milk a few
28:21by hand if they had to
28:22but not the whole herd.
28:26Oh, yeah.
28:28Good job, bud.
28:30We've still got
28:31no roof
28:32on our shed.
28:33We are putting
28:34a roof on currently
28:35but there is not
28:36a whole roof on.
28:38We've got to
28:38concrete everything.
28:39We've got to put
28:40cubicles in.
28:41We've got to put
28:42the room for the robot in.
28:44We've got to
28:44install the robot.
28:46There's a lot
28:46to do still.
28:48Adam pretends
28:49like things are all fine
28:50but everything's
28:52been pretty tense
28:53at the minute
28:54and, yeah,
28:56I think everyone's
28:57feeling it quite a lot.
29:02If we can unload
29:03just back into there
29:04are we going to run
29:05them down
29:05and they're going
29:06to go out in the field?
29:07There's only 19
29:10not 20.
29:11There was 19, 21
29:12then it went to 20
29:13and now there's 19.
29:15Yes.
29:16Because you're not
29:16fit up to milk.
29:17No.
29:18Well, it's calved.
29:19Oh, Jesus.
29:20We're getting less
29:20and less by the minute.
29:23Steady.
29:26They're looking
29:27at udders.
29:30Just making sure
29:31everything's right
29:31off the lorry, really.
29:33They're nice, aren't they?
29:36Oh, God.
29:38That's him, is it?
29:39Yeah.
29:39Lovely, thank you.
29:41Oh, I'm really
29:41happy with him.
29:42Good.
29:48Nice to have
29:48milking cows back.
29:50It does make it feel
29:50like it's coming
29:51together a wee bit.
29:56Next step
29:57is just getting
29:57the shed finished.
29:59Carries in there
29:59milking, isn't it?
30:00Yeah, do you want
30:00me to help you
30:01build it when we get
30:02Yeah, if you get
30:03the screwdriver out
30:04and just screw it
30:05all together,
30:05that'd be great.
30:06How long do you
30:07reckon it'll take?
30:0930 minutes.
30:1030 minutes?
30:11Done deal.
30:11How long are you
30:12going to cast?
30:12Oh, I'm sorted.
30:24In Arran,
30:25preparations are
30:26underway for lamb
30:27sales in six weeks.
30:29See that track there,
30:30Conley?
30:31Take a straight line
30:32along that face.
30:33OK, that's fine.
30:35Friend Coley is helping
30:36Callum gather the sheep
30:38off the hill
30:38before they drive them
30:40down to Zara on the farm.
30:43They'll be stuffed
30:44further down towards
30:45the barn as we go
30:46along, but they'll
30:47try and come up the
30:47way.
30:48Right, OK.
30:52The flock roams
30:53freely, over four and
30:55a half thousand acres.
30:58There was about 650 ewes,
31:01plus their lambs went
31:02back to the hill.
31:03Hopefully we get
31:04everything in.
31:09Do you see the gate,
31:10Coley?
31:11No, not yet.
31:12I'm just coming
31:12round that, no.
31:18Our lambs that are
31:19coming off the hill
31:20are a main part of
31:22our income for the year,
31:23but we're only selling
31:24two or three times a year.
31:25So that's only two or
31:26three times a year
31:27that there's money
31:28coming in.
31:31Livestock is our
31:32only income.
31:34So it's either
31:35sink or swim,
31:36and Scottish lamb,
31:37it's world renowned.
31:39If we can't make a
31:40sustainable living
31:41putting food on
31:42the public table,
31:43why are we doing it?
31:50Coley just heads
31:51within by fence.
31:52OK, no bother.
31:55I'm just waiting
31:56and Coley catching up
31:57on the other side
31:58I've got an ESPY here,
31:59so we're heading
32:00in the right direction.
32:01We're almost at the back.
32:08Forecast was to be
32:09light showers.
32:10It's pretty miserable.
32:21On you go.
32:22Ah-wee.
32:23Ah-wee.
32:24Right, you walk up
32:25that way and I'll go
32:26round to the front of them.
32:28Howdy, girls.
32:29Up, up, up.
32:30Shh.
32:31Up.
32:32The lambs are old enough
32:33to be separated
32:34from their mums.
32:36We'll get these ones
32:37drawn off
32:39and give the yows a rest.
32:40And these guys
32:41will duddle off home
32:43to hillside
32:43to grow
32:44and then we'll start
32:46to think about
32:47marketing lambs
32:48once they've got
32:49a wee bit of bigger.
32:51Oh, wee toots.
32:54Howdy, girls.
32:55Come on.
32:56Shh, shh, shh, shh.
32:57Shh, shh, shh, shh.
32:58The lamb crop's
32:59looking pretty good.
33:01Oh, there's a big
33:02step forward
33:03from where we were
33:04this time last year.
33:05If we'd had sustained
33:06a lambing like last year,
33:07you know,
33:09it just wouldn't have
33:10been financially viable
33:11to keep pushing at it.
33:13But we can start
33:16to work away
33:16and make a future now.
33:19It was also
33:20such a bad year last year.
33:22It's not just going to take
33:23one year to recover.
33:25No.
33:27This year is all about
33:28getting the farm
33:29into profit
33:30after last year's losses
33:32to bad weather
33:33and bird predation.
33:35We really want to know
33:36how good a year
33:38it's been
33:38when they're actually sold.
33:39You know,
33:39you can look at a lamb
33:41and think to us
33:42they look good lambs,
33:43but it's what
33:44the buyers actually want.
33:46That's what really
33:47determines
33:48how good a year
33:49you've had.
33:51Come on.
33:53On you go.
33:54Go and find
33:54some nice green grass.
33:56Bump, bump.
33:57Come on.
34:04It's almost dawn
34:06at Old Newton Farm
34:07and after six weeks
34:09of long working days
34:11and hard graft,
34:13the milking parlour
34:14is still not finished.
34:16They all cut up.
34:19They all cut up.
34:21Bless them,
34:21the guys are working
34:22until one o'clock
34:23last night
34:24and then we're all out
34:26at four o'clock
34:26this morning,
34:29so...
34:31The deadline
34:32for Lucy and Adam's
34:33first milk delivery
34:34is now only
34:3624 hours away.
34:38I'll spin that way
34:39if that's right.
34:41The mattresses
34:41are going in
34:42at the moment
34:42for the cask.
34:44Yeah, I'll go
34:44down under it.
34:46Does it feel comfy
34:47for Fred?
34:48Lie on it.
34:51Building a dairy
34:52from scratch
34:52was a risky decision.
34:55We are trying
34:56to achieve something
34:57pretty out there
34:59and the timescales
35:00are pretty tricky
35:04but with Craig
35:05and Adam
35:05anything's possible.
35:07I don't think
35:08the gravity
35:09of the situation
35:09is lost on anyone
35:10which is why
35:11I think we have
35:12had so many kind
35:13people come together
35:14and help us
35:15and put in
35:16ridiculous hours
35:17to get this sorted.
35:19There's a huge
35:20financial pressure
35:20and it doesn't feel
35:21like quite a relief
35:22yet because we're
35:22currently sitting
35:23in a shed
35:23that is still
35:24not suitable
35:24for cows.
35:29And even if
35:30they hit their deadline
35:31fluctuating milk prices
35:33offer no guarantee
35:34of a large paycheck.
35:36All these fixings
35:37I've put in
35:38I don't think
35:40I've done them
35:40up quite tight enough.
35:41OK, yeah,
35:42I can do that.
35:42They could just do
35:43with like a nip up.
35:46You let me know
35:47to that.
35:51On top of
35:52final shed fittings
35:54there's another
35:55big hurdle
35:56to get over.
35:58testing the
35:58milking robot.
36:01We're going
36:01with our cows
36:02first
36:03and a couple
36:04of the cows
36:04that carved in
36:05from the sale
36:06that we bought
36:07in Cheshire.
36:09First they need
36:10to separate
36:10the test cows
36:11from their calves.
36:14You're right
36:15ready to rock and roll
36:15like this.
36:16Just don't let
36:17these big calves
36:18come if we can
36:18help it.
36:22Good girl.
36:23Right, do you
36:23just want to go out
36:24and open the gate
36:25at the same time?
36:26Steady.
36:27Good girl.
36:29Good girl.
36:29Good girl.
36:32To be fair,
36:33that went really well.
36:34Calves shed off
36:35really well
36:36and they've never
36:36been off their calves
36:37so this is their
36:38next test now
36:38just to
36:39get them through
36:40the crush,
36:40get their IDs on
36:41and see if we can
36:42milk.
36:43It counts.
36:44So she is 2523485.
36:50If it's all working
36:52correctly, the robot
36:53totally automates
36:55the milking process.
36:57But they don't know yet
36:58if their cows will
36:59take to it.
37:01The cows now have
37:02their ID transponder
37:03put on their collar
37:05so when they go
37:06into the robot,
37:06the robot picks it up,
37:08knows exactly what
37:08the cow is,
37:09everything about
37:10her lactation,
37:11how many days
37:12she's been in milk,
37:12her weight,
37:13everything,
37:13everything's on that
37:14ID.
37:14So we're just
37:15linking that now
37:16to each cow
37:17individually
37:17and then they'll
37:18go forward
37:19onto the robot.
37:22They've just got
37:22to basically learn
37:23that's where they get
37:24fed,
37:24that's where they
37:25go to be milked
37:26and then once
37:27they get into
37:27a routine of
37:28knowing that's
37:29where they go
37:29they'll soon
37:30pick it up
37:32and then once
37:32they get used
37:33to the robot
37:33signs and
37:34everything
37:34they should just
37:35go in there
37:35as their free will
37:36and they're a lot
37:36happier for it
37:37so,
37:39but hopefully
37:39they'll learn quick.
37:42And here we go.
37:45Yeah, she's about in.
37:47She's in.
37:53Family favourite
37:54Maisie is the first
37:55to try it out.
37:57Good last,
37:58lovely.
38:00Lasers have to
38:01locate the teats
38:02so the suction cups
38:04can attach.
38:06Where she's been
38:07stuck by a car
38:08it's not totally
38:09even
38:10and so her back
38:12seat are more
38:13prominent than her
38:14front seat
38:14so it keeps
38:15mistaking them
38:16so it's just got
38:17to figure it out.
38:22The robot
38:23latches on.
38:25and Maisie
38:26delivers.
38:29Congratulations,
38:30you're going
38:30to be the first
38:31captain.
38:33Awesome.
38:34Yeah.
38:37It's pretty
38:38symbolic having
38:39the first captain
38:39over Old Newton.
38:41The tears are coming
38:43from pure exhaustion.
38:45But it's very good.
38:48Just another
38:4827 to go.
38:53Perfect.
39:00In Kintyre,
39:03there are also
39:04changes afoot.
39:06This year's calves
39:08are going to market.
39:09OK, Andrew.
39:13Well done.
39:14All part of Andrew's
39:16plan to downsize
39:17on cattle.
39:18Super job.
39:20To lighten
39:20his dad's workload.
39:23I would love
39:24to be producing
39:25more cattle
39:26and so on
39:26but I know
39:27myself that
39:28I couldn't do it
39:29and I know
39:29that Andrew
39:32enjoys the sheep
39:34more so
39:34I wouldn't mind
39:35sticking at what
39:36we have got
39:37somewhere around
39:38the 20 cow mark
39:39but the cattle
39:40is a dangerous
39:42commodity.
39:42You need to be
39:43in your game
39:44because all it
39:45takes is for you
39:46to be in the wrong
39:47place at the wrong
39:48time and you
39:49could be seriously
39:50hurt and I'm
39:52definitely not
39:52as fast as I was
39:54at getting out
39:54of the way
39:55so you have
39:56to be really
39:57really careful.
39:59Sheep
40:01to me
40:02probably could
40:03bore me
40:03before they
40:04would kill me.
40:08So what are we
40:09thinking for them?
40:10I usually always
40:11tell the auctioneer
40:12a lot more
40:13than what I'm
40:14thinking.
40:14If I could
40:15average 1,600
40:16for the lot of them
40:17I would be
40:18more than happy
40:19with that
40:19and so would
40:20our overdraft.
40:22Yes.
40:23I might even
40:23smile.
40:25Well that would
40:25be even better.
40:27Maybe give me
40:28a day off.
40:29No.
40:30No?
40:31Your day off's
40:32going to the market.
40:32Aye.
40:33That's very nice
40:35of you.
40:38We're looking
40:39forward to getting
40:40a bit of money
40:41in the bank.
40:42Apart from
40:43our glamour site
40:44this is the first
40:45decent whack of
40:46cash we've had
40:47since spring.
40:48this will be a
40:49much needed
40:50boost to the
40:51funds.
40:52With fewer
40:53cows on the
40:54farm Andrew
40:55is expanding
40:56the sheep
40:56business.
40:58Forget money
40:59from these
40:59cows.
41:00Yep.
41:01And then we've
41:01got fat lambs
41:02as well.
41:03That should
41:03give me enough
41:04to buy 100
41:04lambs.
41:08That won't be
41:09right.
41:12I really enjoy
41:13getting to the
41:14market.
41:15Andrew doesn't,
41:16he's never been a
41:17great one for the
41:18market.
41:19I suppose he
41:20reckons it's my
41:21thing so he
41:24leaves it up to
41:24me.
41:25I've been doing
41:25it for years now
41:26so it just lets
41:28me get on with
41:29it.
41:34The calves are
41:35being sold as
41:35store calves.
41:37They'll be going
41:38on to somebody to
41:39bring them on the
41:39next bit.
41:41Anything from 10
41:42to 12 months is
41:43the sweet period
41:45for us for
41:47selling our store
41:48animals because
41:49that's when we'll
41:50make the most
41:51money out of
41:51them.
41:55You're always at
41:56these markets,
41:57you know how
41:57good ones.
41:58gone to?
41:59Yeah, yeah.
42:01You know good
42:02animals when you
42:03feed them, you
42:03see.
42:04See you later,
42:04boy.
42:07Right there,
42:08the light's going
42:08on.
42:15Andrew and
42:16Terence are
42:17hoping their
42:17eight calves
42:18make a total of
42:19around 12,800
42:21pounds.
42:25Never on the
42:26chase.
42:35At 2,040
42:37pounds each,
42:38it's a strong
42:39start for the
42:40two bullocks.
42:4420,40
42:4680,40
42:4780,40
42:4880,40
42:4880,40
42:51The first
42:52heifers do
42:52well too.
42:5350, 80
42:5580,20
42:5650, 80
42:5780,40
42:58And the rest
43:00are sold in
43:00less than a
43:01minute.
43:03Cheers.
43:08How'd you get on?
43:10We'd done really,
43:10really well.
43:11It was the two
43:12bullocks mid-2040,
43:16the heifers.
43:17The heifers went
43:181,840,
43:191,850
43:21and 1,600
43:22for the wee
43:24last one.
43:25Happy with that.
43:26Very good.
43:28Right, you are.
43:29Speak to you
43:29later.
43:30Bye.
43:34That makes all
43:35the difference
43:35when you come out
43:36and you are
43:36market smiling.
43:39The final tally
43:41of almost
43:42£15,000
43:43is welcome
43:44news for
43:45Andrew and
43:46Gail.
43:46Shh, shh, shh.
43:47Are you hungry?
43:48You are always
43:50hungry.
43:52You coming out?
43:54Last year
43:54was tough.
43:55We'll lose
43:56all them sheep
43:56and the other
43:57storm damage too.
43:59But this year
44:00just seems to be
44:01a completely
44:01different year
44:02than last year.
44:03That's the best
44:04prices we've ever
44:05had.
44:05There is light
44:06at the end
44:07of the tunnel
44:07finally and I
44:08feel like for
44:08next year
44:09it's definitely
44:12more positive
44:13and then we
44:14can maybe think
44:14about expanding.
44:18Their plant
44:19nursery and
44:20glamping site
44:20are doing well
44:21too.
44:22This year was
44:24the first
44:25starting block
44:26of the agritourism
44:28side of the
44:28business but
44:30I think it's
44:31went well.
44:34The pods
44:35are now bringing
44:35in 50% of the
44:37farm's income
44:38and Andrew's
44:39already drawn up
44:40plans for the
44:40next phase.
44:42So we're
44:43thinking about
44:43one exact same
44:44as the one I
44:46just built.
44:46It shouldn't take
44:47half as long as
44:47next time.
44:48No.
44:49Now you know
44:49what you're doing.
44:50Now Andrew knows
44:51what you're doing.
44:54This year's been
44:55extremely rewarding.
44:57This little dude
44:57came along,
44:59the glamping
44:59has been
44:59exceptional.
45:01The weather
45:01has been even
45:02better.
45:04We have had
45:06a brilliant year.
45:08Very proud of
45:09what Andrew and
45:10Gail have
45:11achieved.
45:12Andrew's put a
45:12heck of a lot
45:13of work into
45:14doing the pod
45:15and he's made
45:16a fantastic job.
45:18He also makes
45:19sure that he has
45:20time for his
45:20kids.
45:21Lachlan comes
45:22running up to
45:23him and says
45:23Daddy I love
45:25you.
45:26What more do
45:27you want?
45:31Dad's worked
45:32his butt off
45:32for decades.
45:35They've put
45:36all their money
45:36into getting
45:37to where we
45:37are now so
45:38it's my turn
45:39to pay him
45:40back.
45:41I love just
45:42being able to
45:43work with him
45:43as well.
45:46It's not often
45:47you get to
45:47work all your
45:48days with your
45:49father or two.
45:53Granda's coming.
45:57I know there
45:58will be a time
45:59where I'll need
46:00to leave the
46:01willy boots out
46:02in the shed
46:04but I will keep
46:05going as long
46:06as I can
46:07because I love
46:08it and I love
46:09this area too.
46:12It's absolutely
46:13out of this
46:13world.
46:22In Arran,
46:24Callum's booked
46:25on the first
46:25ferry off the
46:26island.
46:28Oh, good to
46:30go.
46:30You put the
46:31ticket for the
46:31boat.
46:33To take 60
46:34of their lambs
46:35to market in
46:36Lanark.
46:3717.
46:38Go on.
46:41Go on.
46:41Go and get
46:42your friends.
46:43Come on.
46:44It's the first
46:45paycheck from
46:46this year's lambs
46:47and hopefully a
46:48fitting reward for
46:49all Callum and
46:50Zara's hard
46:51work.
46:53Quite a big
46:54day for us.
46:56We've been
46:56watching the
46:57trade the last
46:57few weeks.
46:58It doesn't look
46:58too bad, so
46:58fingers crossed.
47:00These sheep
47:01that are going
47:01away, we've
47:02already got
47:03bills that
47:03need paid for
47:04them, so I
47:05suppose you're
47:05kind of counting
47:06on a fairly
47:07decent price.
47:12It always
47:12helps when
47:13Callum's there.
47:14When you're
47:15with your sheep
47:15in the ring, it
47:16gives you that
47:17little bit of a
47:18boost.
47:21I'm the one
47:22that's left
47:22at home to
47:23do the real
47:23work.
47:25Callum's getting
47:25a wee day out
47:26to the market,
47:27but I don't
47:28think he'd
47:29have it any
47:29other way.
47:34Dolphins!
47:35Look,
47:36dolphins!
47:39Dolphins!
47:52Are you off the
47:53boat?
47:54I've just
47:54driven off,
47:55yeah.
47:55She's just
47:56driving off.
47:58How long's it
47:58going to take
47:59you?
47:59An hour and
48:0029 minutes.
48:04The sheep have
48:06travelled well,
48:06a nice flat,
48:07calm sailing.
48:08They're quite
48:09content.
48:10You always get
48:11a bit anxious.
48:14It's your livelihood
48:14at stake.
48:16Worked hard to get
48:17here, so we're
48:19very pleased with
48:20them and try and
48:21do our best.
48:24travelling from
48:25an island,
48:26Callum's last to
48:27arrive at the
48:28auction and his
48:29lambs will be the
48:30final lots of the
48:31day.
48:32How long do I
48:33think they'll be
48:34before they're
48:34through?
48:36An hour.
48:39Which means they
48:40might not fetch
48:41the best prices.
48:43With the ferry
48:43journey, we've not
48:44been local, we
48:45have no control
48:46over boat
48:47timetables and
48:48it just reiterates
48:50the difficulty of
48:51farming and the
48:52location that we
48:52farm in, that
48:53everything we take
48:55in and comes back
48:57out, all starts
48:58and ends with a
48:59ferry journey.
49:00Whether it's
49:01feeded in or
49:02lambs out, it
49:04all is controlled
49:06by the boat.
49:07There you are,
49:08this time now,
49:0890 bin, 90
49:09pound, 90
49:10pound, I've been
49:11now at 90 bin,
49:1290 pound, 2, 4, 6,
49:148, 100, 100.
49:16Quite a strong
49:17sail so far.
49:19Similar lambs have
49:20been making strong
49:21money, so...
49:23Hopefully it holds
49:24and people don't
49:25pull trailers too
49:26quick.
49:27Now, the plot here
49:28from Callum this
49:29time, right up
49:30the alarm, 27
49:31number.
49:33Callum's hoping
49:34for around 90
49:35pounds a lambs.
49:36Alarm's here this
49:36time now, what do
49:37you say, 100
49:37pounds?
49:3880 bin, 2, 4, 6,
49:408, 92, 4, 6, 8,
49:43102, 102 pound on bed,
49:46102, 102, all done,
49:48102 pound.
49:50At 102 pounds, the
49:52first 27 exceed
49:54expectations.
49:55There you are, 55,
49:568, 62, 5, 8, 72, 4, 6,
50:008, 82, 4, 6, 8, 90,
50:0492, 92, 92, 94, 95,
50:0895 pound.
50:10The second lot isn't
50:11far behind.
50:1319 more there, 52, 5, 8,
50:1662, 5, 8, 72, 72,
50:2172, 72, 72, all done,
50:24away they go, 72 pound.
50:26All together.
50:27And that's your lot today,
50:29thank you very much.
50:33Pleased.
50:34The sale went well for
50:35putting the people here
50:37to buy them and average
50:3890 pound and 87 pence
50:40a head.
50:4187 pounds, once you get
50:43all the charges off it,
50:44so the journey continues
50:46and we'll not be long
50:48till we're back with more.
50:52The total of over
50:535,000 pounds bodes well
50:56for their 320 lambs
50:58still to be sold.
50:59Good cause for celebrating.
51:06There's cutlery in here
51:07if you really want it.
51:08Yeah.
51:09Cheers!
51:10Cheers!
51:11Cheers, big ears.
51:15What do you like about
51:16summer and spring?
51:17I like lamb.
51:19You like lambing.
51:20Do you like lambing?
51:21Autumn.
51:22You like autumn the best,
51:23but do you like lambing?
51:25He's helped lots of lambing
51:27and he's helped
51:27cab a cow, didn't he?
51:29Oh, yeah.
51:30Remember that?
51:34I don't know a lot about you,
51:36but I sometimes think
51:36the last few years
51:37have been a bit of
51:39an uphill struggle
51:40and there's days
51:41that we think,
51:42what are we doing?
51:42But then you'll have
51:43a night like this
51:44and you'll reflect
51:45on what we have done
51:46in the last few years,
51:47where we've come.
51:49That's what's getting there.
51:50Yeah, we have actually
51:51done quite a bit.
51:52You just don't feel like it
51:53until you're stalking
51:54like you're back.
51:55Yes.
52:00It's been a tumultuous
52:00few years
52:02since they came
52:02to Aaron.
52:04It's a big gamble
52:05making the decision
52:06to move here.
52:08But the island
52:09is paying them back.
52:11You only need
52:12an evening like this.
52:15Down here
52:16watching the sunset
52:17and the beach.
52:18It's all worth it.
52:20Aaron's home to us.
52:22We can see ourselves
52:23being here forever.
52:25The girls,
52:25they will end up
52:26knowing no different.
52:28This is their life
52:29as well.
52:30What a life
52:31for them to have.
52:34There's been times
52:35that even Calum
52:36smiled.
52:37So that means that,
52:39you know,
52:39it's been a good year.
52:53In Moffitt,
52:55it's dairy contract
52:56deadline day.
52:58And it's been a long night
53:00getting cows
53:00on the milking machine
53:02for the first time.
53:04Did you sleep well
53:05last night?
53:07You know something's wrong
53:08when a newborn
53:09gets more sleep
53:10than you.
53:12Yeah.
53:13We finished
53:14pushing cows on
53:15at 5am this morning.
53:17So I've had
53:19a couple of hours sleep.
53:20I think we're all
53:22bruised and battered.
53:26Yeah.
53:27Cup of tea
53:28sorts out
53:29many a situation,
53:30doesn't it?
53:31To fulfil the contract,
53:33they need at least
53:3450 litres of milk
53:35for the 10am pick-up.
53:37It's a big day
53:38to have that picked up
53:39and know we're set.
53:41If we didn't meet
53:42the deadlines,
53:43there's still that chance
53:45that we built this shed
53:46and bought the cows
53:47and...
53:48Yeah.
53:50We won't be able
53:50to send milk anywhere.
53:54The long hours
53:55have been hard
53:55on Adam's leg.
53:58My leg's pretty
53:59uncomfortable just now.
54:00So I should hopefully
54:01be getting a new socket
54:02made to relieve
54:04some of the sores
54:05that I'm getting.
54:09I've never got much
54:10coordination this time
54:11of the morning.
54:12My leg doesn't quite
54:13work as it wants to.
54:16In the meantime,
54:19Craig's already
54:19hard at it.
54:21Today's plan is to get
54:22all the mattresses
54:23finished,
54:24all the beds
54:25completely done.
54:27Got a couple more
54:29water troughs
54:29to put on
54:30and then
54:32yeah,
54:33just pushing cows really
54:34so they'll all be
54:34left to relax
54:36and just feed
54:38whenever
54:39and
54:39yeah,
54:40hopefully today
54:41we'll be
54:41completely finished.
54:43Busy day.
54:44Keep the baking sandwiches
54:45coming.
54:46We'll be fine.
54:48We'll be fine.
54:52You can't go through there, love.
54:55So we've got half an hour
54:56until our first milk collection
54:58at Old Newton.
54:59It's a big thing, isn't it?
55:03Fred's made a special trip
55:04out from nursery
55:04to see our first tanker pick up,
55:07which is exciting.
55:12Do you reckon the tanker's
55:13going to make it down there?
55:15Hopefully.
55:20Where is the milk coming from?
55:22Is it going to go down there?
55:25No, look.
55:25It's going to come from there.
55:27It goes through into here.
55:29How are we doing?
55:30Bye.
55:31How are you?
55:31No bad, no bad.
55:35It's been a rollercoaster
55:36of a ride
55:37since they left
55:37Hampshire
55:38seven months ago.
55:40I don't think
55:41many people
55:42thought we would get
55:43to this point.
55:45We always thought
55:46we could do it
55:47in usual us fashion.
55:49Just one final
55:50challenge remains,
55:52providing at least
55:5350 litres of milk.
55:56The bet is
55:57how many litres
55:58that we have got
55:59in the tank.
56:0030 cows in tank.
56:01They average
56:028 to 10.
56:05I'm not giving you any tips.
56:07495.
56:08OK, I'm 580.
56:10580.
56:10495, 580.
56:13Fred, how many litres
56:15do you reckon
56:15is going to be
56:16on the tanker?
56:17How many hundreds?
56:19100.
56:21100, do you reckon?
56:22Yeah, 100.
56:23390 litres.
56:25I'll say
56:27430.
56:28OK.
56:30You ready?
56:33Who's ready?
56:38100, 110,
56:39105, 130.
56:41We're at the mark now.
56:42150, 160, 170.
56:44You sound like
56:45someone commentating
56:45on the races.
56:49No, you didn't win.
56:52The lorry driver's
56:52going to be the closest.
56:55329.
56:56329.
56:57So we've definitely
56:58got more than a minimum,
56:59so it means our milk
57:00contract is safe.
57:02Yay!
57:05Lots of many.
57:08Their future on the farm
57:10is safe too.
57:13You're welcome.
57:14That's your very first milk
57:15pick-up from Old Newton,
57:17all your new herds.
57:19I think that needs framing,
57:20putting it on the wall.
57:21Yeah!
57:21Yeah?
57:23Woo-hoo!
57:27It's a massive achievement
57:28for us all, really.
57:29Like, everyone involved,
57:30it's been a lot of hard work
57:31to get to this day.
57:32It's what we've been aiming for,
57:33so, yeah, I suppose
57:34as daft as it is,
57:36that little bit of paper there
57:37is huge, really.
57:47This year,
57:48Lucy and Adam
57:48risked everything
57:49to move to their dream farm
57:51in Scotland.
57:53Hopefully we're through
57:54the worst of it
57:55and it'll start getting
57:56a bit easier now.
57:57We're looking forward to sleep.
58:00That's probably what I'm looking forward
58:01to most just now,
58:02sitting down for an hour.
58:06We made it.
58:09We make a really good team
58:10and his resilience
58:12and he's never willing
58:13to give up and...
58:16Yeah, I couldn't think
58:17of anyone else
58:17I'd rather do it with.
58:20Do you agree?
58:20Bye.
58:22Bye.
58:23Bye.
58:29Bye.
58:30Bye.
58:31Bye.
58:32Bye.
58:34Bye.
58:34Bye.
58:34Bye.
58:34Bye.
58:35Bye.
58:35Bye.
58:37Bye.
58:37Bye.
58:39Bye.
58:39Bye.
58:39Bye.
58:39Bye.
58:40Bye.
58:40Bye.
58:41Bye.
58:42Bye.