First Time Farmers

Twenty-three-year-old dairy farmer and student Kate from Herefordshire is a blonde bombshell. She doesn't look like a stereotypical farmer but she loves cows. In between student life, partying and mixing with boys, she's up early for milking duties on the farm, helping to deliver calves and even rearing some of them in her back garden for a uni project. Returning from the first series is 23-year-old Robbie, who's now selling rare-breed pork from his mum's farm. To increase business he heads to the local county fair but gives a disastrous first cooking demonstration and goes up against his friend, 26-year-old dairy farmer James. They're both running meat stalls, but one needs his bacon saving more than the other!

London's calling as Robbie and his country mates Tom and Will head for the bright lights and ringside seats at a boxing match to cheer on their fellow young farmer 'Count Smackula'. The capital's buzz is bewildering for Tom and Will. Meanwhile, Tom's mate Ed, who was working in the capital, has returned to the countryside. He's desperate to take over the family farm with his girlfriend Tash, and he's out to impress his dad at harvest time. With no room for romance on the dairy farm, Kate leaves her beloved calves at home and heads for some social time at college. But her mum, Lesley, discovers that the calves are ill. Kate rushes home to care for them but can she nurse them all back to health? And, back at work on the farm, with a beast of a hangover, Robbie has bad news from the accountant for his mum Sue.

Farmer's daughter Rhi, 21, faces a challenge when she's left in charge of her father's valuable cattle and they take a turn for the worse. As James enjoys success with his fruit-juice business he must make a tough choice - will he follow his lifelong love of dairy farming or join his brother Rich in their quest to build a big-time company? Meanwhile, Will has already shifted his focus to an estate agency, and finds himself struggling to keep his promised list of jobs in order when he has to run things at home.

Rhi has to tell her father that four of his cows suffered from magnesium deficiency while he was away and could not be saved. After chatting with his girlfriend Tash, Ed feels like he needs to face up to his dad about taking over the family farm and finding his own place, so he attempts to impress everyone by buying a flock of ducks to fatten up and sell. Meanwhile, Tom attends a toga party with Robbie and other young farmers, but can he take on responsibility for the harvest following a big night out?

Bovine TB hits the young farmers' herds, and first to feel the full force of the disease is 23-year-old Charlie. The virus is wrecking his investment in cattle and with all his animals quarantined, his livelihood is under threat. Elsewhere, Robbie turns to selling piglets to keep the cash flowing, but will it be enough? Charlie's friend, 22-year-old dairy farmer Ollie, has branched out into agricultural construction to make ends meet. While helping his dad with daily tasks, he cleans out the cowshed and plays host to the annual National Federation of Young Farmers party.

In this edition Charlie battles bovine TB, only to be delivered another devastating blow when his potato crop shows signs of blight and needs to be bagged up and sent to market immediately. Ally is a young arable farmer trying to keep his head above water - almost literally. Lakes of rainwater where his crops should be look ominously like the disaster that struck him and his dad the previous year - will they be able to keep the farm afloat? Will and Calum from Gloucestershire are on a mission to get Britain eating wild food with a new business idea. They do a deal with a local gastro pub to get grouse from Yorkshire on the first day of the shooting season, but, like the challenges facing Charlie and Ally, it turns into a race against time...

Now in charge of the farm's finances, Robbie auctions off his mother's troublesome cattle, while Charlie has no intention of giving in to bovine TB as the vet provides an update on his herd. Budding estate agent Will returns to the fields to help Tom bring in the harvest, and his grandfather's ancient tractor proves it's up to the job alongside his friend's hi-tech combine. Ollie puts his construction business on hold to meet up with Kate and discuss their future in the farming business. Spurred on by the news his dad has offered him an orchard to manage, Ed finally moves into a new house with delighted girlfriend Tash, but finds the time to go clay-pigeon shooting with Robbie, Will and Tom to celebrate their first year of farming.