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OPINION: "The nation really does love its farmers"

There are difficult days when it feels like the entire world is on the shoulders of the people who grow our food, but one magical moment on Britain's Got Talent shows people really care about British farmers

Chris Brayford
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"There was not a dry eye in the living room’s of all those that watched Amanda Holden hit the golden buzzer to send Jeremy Clarkson's Hawkstone Farmers' Choir to the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent. The choir is made of farmers from all over the country. It has also become a symbol of unity, hope and resilience to combat rural isolation and mental health in agriculture."
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"There was not a dry eye in the living room’s of all those that watched Amanda Holden hit the golden buzzer to send Jeremy Clarkson's Hawkstone Farmers' Choir to the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent. The choir is made of farmers from all over the country. It has also become a symbol of unity, hope and resilience to combat rural isolation and mental health in agriculture."

What a week it has been for British farming. There was not a dry eye in the living room's of all those that watched Amanda Holden hit the golden buzzer to send Jeremy Clarkson's Hawkstone Farmers'...

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