Young Farmer Focus - Georgina Milne: "The answers are not in Westminster, they are in the field"

Georgina Milne, 23, is studying an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security at the Royal Agricultural University. She is also a youth ambassador at the Countryside Alliance

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"Farmers know their land and stock better than anyone. Research should work with, not around, them."
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"Farmers know their land and stock better than anyone. Research should work with, not around, them."

I did not grow up on a farm, but I have spent the past few months racing sunrises across the country, helping with lambing and calving. These days, my hands are permanently stained with iodine and my...

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