From preparing land for planting, welcoming new arrivals, to milking and mucking out, Farmers' time is precious, and they can't be in a million places at once. But machines can help sort that, and the Nicholson family are all for saving time, especially when the spring lambing season is on the horizon. So, Rob and Dave bring in sheep scanner man Robert Garth so they know how many lambs to expect at springtime.

Jules Hudson visits a soft fruit farm in Kent and discovers how robots are transforming the rural labour market by helping spot fungal infections that are threatening strawberry crops.

JB Gill visits a vegetarian and vegan sausage maker in Bedale, North Yorkshire to see the state-of-the-art technology that creates the perfect environment to grow the different types of herbs required for the different flavours of sausage. JB then heads to the Southeast of England to meet a producer who owns the largest greenhouse complex in the UK and cutting-edge tech to grow 750,000 red peppers every year.

In Lincolnshire, farmer Ian Watson shows off his high-tech kit that allows him to optimise the pea harvest and his powerful new machine that has revolutionised working methods.

Whizz-kid mechanic Reuben Owen goes old school when he is asked to refurbish a 50-year-old piece of farming machinery at Cannon Hall Farm.

In North Lincolnshire, Farm Manager Peter Harriman trials the world's largest combine harvester which can collect more than 100 tonnes of grain per hour.

Back at the Nicholson's farm, Rob and Dave call in Yorkshire Vet David and his specialised dentistry kit when John Bon the pony starts to look down in the mouth.

At Cannon Hall Farm, it's an early start for farmers Rob and Dave Nicholson as they cope with a variety of troublesome births during the small hours of their frenetic lambing seasons. Confused mums and stray triplet lambs push them to the limit.

JB Gill heads to a Cotswold farm to meet farming chef Louise Duck who grows her own red hot chilli peppers. Things get intense when JB tries her spicy hot sauces.

Yorkshire vet Julian Norton is called into action in Harrogate, North Yorkshire when a pygmy goat breeder is overwhelmed by the arrival of 30 boisterous newborns. Can Julian save the day when one youngster strains its knee?

Rob and Dave are called to an unexpected emergency when an adult deer is injured in a road traffic accident. The brothers do what they can until vet Matt arrives to help the stricken animal.

In Staffordshire, Sam Bailey, the 24-year-old Young Farmer of the Year, is doing his best to tend to the 600 sheep and 150 dairy cows on his farm but when he realises mum-to-be cow Mary is expecting twins, things get tricky.

The threat of a contagious disease threatens the health of Rob and Dave's free-range hens. Then they need to call in Yorkshire Vet Matt Jackson-Smith when one of their beloved Swiss Valley rams has trouble with his spirally out-of-control horns.

And West Country farmer Roger Longman gets overwhelmed when an outbreak of an infectious disease threatens the lives of hundreds of newborn kid goats.