Young Farmer Focus - Kirsty Leigh: "There is a place for a Beef Shorthorn in any farming enterprise"

Kirsty Leigh is a fourth-generation farmer from Wolverley in Worcestershire. She writes about her family farm business, the support and guidance she has received so far, and the importance of butchers and genetics

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Ms Leigh, who is also board apprentice for the Beef Shorthorn Society, said: "I have grasped opportunities, worked exceptionally hard and taken the farm from strength to strength."
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Ms Leigh, who is also board apprentice for the Beef Shorthorn Society, said: "I have grasped opportunities, worked exceptionally hard and taken the farm from strength to strength."

Family farm business I took over Alandale Farm, our family business, from my grandfather when I was only 16. My parents were too busy with other parts of the business, so I stepped up and have never...

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