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Background? I was born and bred at Flowerybrae, Memsie, where my father farmed. I came straight home to work alongside him after I left school with the commercial cattle, until I got married in August, 1972. I then worked at various commercial and dairy farms before getting started in the pedigree work. My first pedigree job was at Harestone, where I brought out Charolais cattle for five years, before moving to the Durnos, at Uppermill, for a further five years. It was at that point I moved to Inverurie and started my freelance work in 2001 – securing two days a week at Thainstone auction market and filling the rest of my days in with pedigree cattle. ....