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Young Farmer Focus - Robert Crank: "It is a full family effort to get milking finished in time for a dinner dance"

Robert Crank, 24, is a dairy farmer in Ince, Cheshire, and discusses working collaboratively with his family as well as his role in Beeston and Cheshire Young Farmers' Clubs

Tom Ryder
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"The motto of Cheshire YFC is ‘Live a lot, Learn a lot, Laugh a lot’, which certainly fits the bill between the competitions and socials we get up to."
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"The motto of Cheshire YFC is ‘Live a lot, Learn a lot, Laugh a lot’, which certainly fits the bill between the competitions and socials we get up to."

After studying agriculture at Reaseheath College, back when Studio was the place to be, I returned home to continue dairy farming on our family farm in Ince, near Chester. My family and I currently...

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