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Young Farmer Focus - Tom Cantellow: "Farmers need to keep producing food to the highest standard"

Harper Adams University student Tom Cantellow, from Ashbourne in Derbyshire, has written about why he wanted to study agriculture and why he is asking for help on the uptake of regenerative agriculture in farming

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Tom Cantellow, from Ashbourne in Derbyshire, said: "It does not matter how experienced or inexperienced you are, all that really matters is how passionate and determined you are to make a career in agriculture."
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Tom Cantellow, from Ashbourne in Derbyshire, said: "It does not matter how experienced or inexperienced you are, all that really matters is how passionate and determined you are to make a career in agriculture."

I have always been surrounded by rural life in the Peak District. And I have always wanted to have a crack at farming. It was not until I went to live in Australia that I had an active role in the...

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