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Will Roobottom

Staffordshire sheep farmer at Cowley Hill Farm, winner of Sheep Farmer of the Year at the 2026 British Farming Awards, running a low-input, grass-based Lleyn flock.

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Nov 2, 2026

Meet the Farmers

Meet the Farmers

Low-Input Sheep with BFA Sheep Farmer of the Year 2026 : Outdoor Lambing and a Council Starter Farm

Nov 2 · 40m

7:13

But yeah, tell me about sort of your route into farming through that and how that sort of evolved to then deciding to go to Harper and then life after that.

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7:23

So originally, I said earlier, I was doing A-levels.

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7:27

I went from school.

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7:28

I wasn't really that involved on the farm.

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7:31

I don't think anyone before I would have actually guessed I would go into agriculture.

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7:35

And my first summer of A-levels, I was really hating it.

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7:39

I was doing maths, economics.

12:37

And so tell us about where you are first of all, the farm and sort of the setup that you have.