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'I believe farmers are true grafters in life’ says FCN columnist
I WAS born in Surrey and my dad was offered job via his brother to become a stockman in Upavon in Wiltshire. I was brought up in Rushall in a farm cottage that’s actually still standing! I’ve loved farming ever since I can remember. My first ever
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A decade on from the devastating Somerset Levels floods
IT'S 10 years since the wettest winter for 250 years left large swathes of Somerset underwater for weeks. Somerset Council is marking the anniversary of the 2014 floods that devastated communities, businesses and farming with the message that resilience
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Somerset MP hosts event to highlight mental health in agriculture
A SOMERSET MP hosted an event in the House of Commons to highlight mental health in agricuture earlier this week. Sarah Dyke, MP for Somerton and Frome, hosted the event to promote a campaign called Mind Your Head, which runs from February 12