We have an organic pedigree Shorthorn dairy herd. We milk 130 cows with another 130 followers and we switched to organic about 11 years ago.

I am the fifth generation to farm pedigree Shorthorns. I farm in partnership with my mother and father Henry and Kathleen. My son Robert, 13, has a keen interest in farming and my wife Michelle and youngest son Chris (12) are also great support.

Our soil is middle of the road. On higher ground it would be fairly thin and stony, with stones on the surface in parts.

The flat ground out at the bottom of the valley is fairly wet. We live in an area of high rainfall but we do tend to grow grass easily. You have the ground you have and the weather you get, so it is about making the best of it.

We had a good spring and early summer but July and August have been very wet. It has made getting silage quite tough.

We are lucky in that we have our own forage wagon so we are not dependent on contractors.

It’s great in a wet summer because when we get breaks in the weather we can get the silage in. We are masters of our own destiny so to speak.

Farmers in the area who depend on contractors have struggled with the weather.

So far we have three cuts of silage done. We hope to get one more in.

We calve down all year round but 80% will be in August, September and October, which works well in the organic system and autumn calving is a tradition in this area.

It takes a while for clover to get going and when we get into late July we have loads of grass so calving when we do is perfect.

The organic milk price has done well compared with the conventional price. Coming into winter we would see an organic price of 40p/litre (43.6c/l).

We sell our milk to the Organic Milk Supply Cooperative, which deals with about 65% of organic milk in the UK.

In recent days, UK farmers have been showcasing our industry through an online campaign.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) dairy team set up the campaign to highlight the health benefits of dairy and the high welfare of British cows.

The #proudofdairy hashtag on Twitter is attempting to shine a light on our industry. It is also there to counteract this anti-dairy nonsense being put out by extreme vegan groups.

You can easily have people on social media with no expertise offering their opinions in an area. These opinions may be completely untrue but believed by others on these platforms.

People try to tell our stories as farmers, but who is better to tell our stories than us? We are the ones who see the day-to-day running of a farm. We are the ones who see the care we put into our animals.

We should all tell our story with the hashtag #proudofdairy. I have told mine; you can follow it on @JRfromStrickley.