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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of livestock farming in Dymock, North Gloucester, England as of early August 2013.

The article offers information on the Gloucester County Council farm run by farmers Paul Westaway and his wife Kirsty in partnership having Angus and Holstein cattle. Topics discussed include start of an online steak and wine shop, Paul praising his friends for volunteering in milk price cuts which is the "milk trolley challenge", direness of lamb market, strength of euro affecting the export market, and need to change the time of lambing or feeding systems for lambs to cope up with the issue.

In this article the author talks about several topics related to his farm in Gloucester, England, including requirement of rain in his farm, maize and wholecrop farming at his farm, & herd tuberculosis test held at his farm as of July 2015.

The article presents the views of farmer Paul Westaway and his wife Kirsty Westaway, who won four times at Devon ShowFarmer show and also have launched an online steak and wine shop, on farming and marketing. Topics discussed include flowering of lucerne, effect of rain on silage-making process, and calving. Other topic discussed include management of heifers and bulls.

The author discusses trends and developments in his Gloucester County Council farm in England. Topics discussed include managing the farm with his wife, launching an online steak and wine shop, drilling of maize in mid-April 2015, the effect of dry weather on crops and cattle, the benefits of the weather on calving, decline in beef price and the benefits of having a fixed-price contract.

In this article, the author talks about decline in grass growth due to cold spring season. Topics discussed include ploughing and subsoil ground for growing triticale/rye grass/white clover, author's plans to start calving from 1 April 2015 onwards, and opportunities for reaching a good weaning weight by taking smaller calf away from the mother calf.

In this article, the author talks about his future agricultural planning with agronomist and mentions his farming practices with his wife Kirsty Westaway. Topics discussed include planning to grow red clover and lucerne along with home-grown protein and starch, running of artificial intelligence business and launch of an online steak and wine shop, and the British Cattle Breeders' Club Conference.

The article informs that couple Paul Westaway and Kirsty Westaway of Gloucester, England who works on Gloucester County Council farm rearing 220 Angus and Holstein cattle have launched an online steak and wine shop. Paul discusses of a new business called Adena, a fully integrated tissue sample, test and store system for animal DNA and appreciates the research and development team at beef and sheep organization Eblex .

The article focuses on rancher Paul Westaway, who farms in partnership with his wife Kirsty on a Gloucester County Council farm in England running Angus and Holstein Cattle. Topics discussed include launch of an online steak and wine shop by Westaway, grass growing everywhere in the ranch due to a bit of rain earlier November 2014, and the job done by spreaders in removing these grasses in just under a day.

In this article, the author discusses about his business along with the effect of summer on the cattle at his farm in Dymock village in Gloucestershire, England. He discusses the creep feeding of the bull calves, good milk quality of cows despite low quality of grass fed to them and the quality of the maize harvested from his farm. Further he adds that Brazilian and Canadian visitors showed great interest in the genetics of his farm.

The article offers information on the use of rotational grazing system with average rainfall that helps in improving feeds for cattle in Great Britain. It focuses on creep feeding the pedigree spring calves. It offers information on the supply-and-demand imbalance putting the pressure on beef prices.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's annual tuberculosis test at their farm in the village of Dymock in Gloucestershire, England in mid-July 2014 and mentions topics like Angus cattle, British beef industry, and maize.

The article discusses the author's experience farming in partnership with his wife on a 69-hectare farm in Gloucester County, England. Topics discussed include the effects of consistent rain on their fields, completion of their first-cut silage which provided a 30 percent yield increase, his optimism that the warm, wet weather will result to second-cut yields, his use of an additive and the advantage of the slightly damage silage.

The article discusses the author's experience hosting a training day with 30 chefs in Great Britain spending a day in his farm to learn about the British beef production including genetics, feeding and cow management. Topics discussed include a butchery demonstration of various new cuts if beef, chefs' sampling of 16 cooked beef cuts and his call for beef farmers to work together and be positive about their product.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of visiting the farmer-owned cooperative Genetics Australia (GA) in Melbourne, Victoria, beef and dairy farms, agricultural retail outlets, and sightseeing.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of running a 69 hectares Gloucester County Council farm together with his wife, which is inhabited by more than 220 Angus and Holstein Cattle.

The author comments on the notable events that occurred in his life during 2013. He enumerates several awards he received this year, including the Burke Thropy and the diamond award during the Heart of England Fine Foods awards dinner. His views on the importance of British beef farmers in providing food for people to eat are presented. The need for increasing food production with the global population heading towards nine billion people is also emphasized.