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Stella!

Hi, David.

Hi.

Are you with us again today?

Yeah, is that all right?

Of course it's all right. It's brilliant.

She's going to give us a hand-tagging the new calves. Oh, great, yeah. Oh, and Pip, I'm meant to say I can do the milking again this afternoon, if you want. I really enjoyed it yesterday. Did you? Yeah. There's something so, I don't know, direct and satisfying about this kind of farming. We'll make a dairy farmer of you yet, Stella.

I don't know about that.

Dad, do you know where mum is? and satisfying about this kind of farming. We'll make a dairy farmer of you yet, Stella.

I don't know about that.

Dad, do you know where mum is?

I don't know, actually.

She's about, she might be in the house.

I'm just going to let her know the plan.

Okay, yeah.

Back in a sec.

All right.

Oh, actually, Stella.

Yeah.

I noticed a job last night that I thought might be a good fit for you. What, something local? Yeah, it's pretty local, yeah. A farm manager's job? I haven't seen that, because, yeah, I have been looking. No, it was kind of, um, it's well, it's leading a team of farmers, liaising with scientists and agronomists, and, you know, having a real input on strategy. Oh, yeah. Yeah, okay, yeah, no, no, I do know the one you're talking about. Oh, and what do you think of it? To be honest, I just dismissed it out of hand. Why? Because I don't think I'd stand a chance. Oh, why's that? David, come on. What? I think you could absolutely do it. But I know the kind of thing they're looking for, and it's not me. They want someone really execky flash. How do you know that? Because that's always what they're looking for. I mean, have you seen the salary? Yeah, good salary too. I noticed. Well, why would you say no to that? I'm not saying no, I'm just trying to be realistic.

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