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Young Farmer Focus – Alys Beckett: "Traditional stereotypes are gradually changing, and people are beginning to realise that women are just as capable"

Alys Beckett, 24, is from Wrexham in Wales. She is currently working as a primary school teacher alongside her obligations on the family farm

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Alys Beckett

I am a fifth-generation farmer, living and working on the family farm. The farm was built in 1903 by my great-great-granddad, and was originally a dairy farm, milking 130 cows up until 2016 when dad sold...

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