Holding the Fort

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Family farms usually rely on the farmer being on hand round the clock. Leaving the unit and livestock in other hands can be a daunting prospect, so when Perthshire upland and hill farmer Martin Kennedy stood as vice-president of Scotland’s farmers’ union four years ago, it was in the knowledge that his two twenty-something daughters, Katrina and Yvonne, were capable and willing to step into his boots. Now, with NFU Scotland elections looming which could see Martin in the top job next year, Nancy Nicolson visits his farm to hear how he is practising what he preaches on environmental issues and find out how the family power balance has been affected by his frequent absences from the land. Produced and presented by Nancy Nicolson