Jessica Tilley-Moore, 20, is the farm education leader at Lower Drayton Farm in Penkridge, and also manages her own flock of sheep in Brewood.
“I do worry about climate change. From last year the yields of crops were horrendous,” she said.
“My bales of hay cost me the best part of £100 a bale.”
Tilley-Moore dips into her own savings to feed her sheep, and said some people were forced to sell their flocks because they cannot afford to feed them.
Climate-induced flooding takes a huge toll, which she called “horrendously stressful”, and causes health problems with the flock.
In regards to heatwaves, the sheep benefit from the land being a mixture of woodland, pasture and hedges, meaning they have plenty of shade.
However, there is still a strain for the 20-year-old in the heat.
“One of the sheep had flies laying on a scab, so I was chasing her in 33 degree heat,” she said.
Looking to the future, Tilley-Moore thinks selective breeding is the best way to adapt to climate change.
“I have to look into breeding genetic lines adaptable to the heat, with fleeces that are a lot cooler,” she said, adding that her sheep that were bulkier were suffering more in the heatwave.
“It is hard work, don’t get me wrong, but I would never change it because I do it for the love of it,” she added.