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Emma Smith: With the average age of the British farmer so high, what can we do to encourage young people in?

With a passion for education, Emma Smith, who is from a non-farming background, talks about what more we can do to get people into farming

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Emma Smith: With the average age of the British farmer so high, what can we do to encourage young people in?

For many years, there has been a stigma around the average age of the British farmer with it being quite high. So, can our industry do to encourage young people into what sometimes seems a bleak career?...

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