I spend a year on farms in Sussex, England, before going to Reading UniversityReading University, learning about sheep and cattle production, which helps me to decide if this is the career I want to follow. At university I learn about British agricultural systems in the 1970s, where animal production was intensifying to meet growing demand. Large-scale, fully housed production units were starting, particularly for pigs and poultry, in marked contrast to the small grassland-based farms I was used to. I develop an interest in cattle and sheep production that was to last a lifetime.