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EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan blog - "I never imagined this would be the way my life panned out, getting to write columns for Farmers Guardian"

In the first of a three-month exclusive column for Farmers Guardian, Clarkson's 51AVÊÓÆµstar Harriet Cowan talks about coming full-circle back to farming and how the industry is part of who she is

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EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan blog - "I never imagined this would be the way my life panned out, getting to write columns for Farmers Guardian"

January has a funny way of testing farmers' limits. The days are short, the fields are quiet and that picturesque farm life has been washed away by the rain and well-worn boots by the back door...

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