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Opinion: Farming is who you know not what you know

Farmers Guardian livestock specialist Ellie Layton on the importance of connections within agriculture and how in one trip to a show a farmer can do six months' worth of business

Ellie Layton
Livestock Specialist
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Opinion: Farming is who you know not what you know

This week is a busy one, clocking up a fair few miles and spending more time on the road than behind the desk. Tomorrow, I am heading to Hexham for another episode of the For Flock's Sake podcast....

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