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Opinion: The secret about agricultural show wrestling that nobody tells you

Writing from his family’s farm in Cumbria, Farmers Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder reflects on what agricultural shows have taught him about the farming community

Tom Ryder
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Opinion: The secret about agricultural show wrestling that nobody tells you

Well, we have finally been making haylage this week and have benefited from some consistent dry weather. But in the desperation to get our grass cut, I remembered I'm allergic to it. So while the...

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