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From the editor: "The 'tough as old boots' mindset and the temptation to neglect oneself and soldier on is intertwined within farming's culture"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Olivia Midgley
Editorial Director
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From the editor: "The 'tough as old boots' mindset and the temptation to neglect oneself and soldier on is intertwined within farming's culture"

As farmers and industry chiefs finalised plans ahead of the mass demonstration in London next week, another meeting was taking place in Parliament with a rallying call of a different nature. Farmers, key...

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