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From the editor: "Minette Batters has been the figurehead farming did not know it needed"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor, Olivia Midgley

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Looking back at the Farmers Guardian front page the week Minette Batters made history by becoming the NFU's first female president is a reminder of agriculture's journey over the last six years. It has...

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