Young Farmer Focus: Ryan Coates - 'I have a love of Herefords'

Ryan Coates, 27, runs Newtoncroft Farms, alongside his father Brian and uncle Martin in Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire. He is Leicestershire Young Farmers’ Club county chairman, vice-chairman of Midlands and East Anglia Hereford Breeders’ Association and a member of UK Hereford Youth.

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Young Farmer Focus: Ryan Coates - 'I have a love of Herefords'
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I am Leicestershire Young Farmers' Club (YFC) county chairman, but things have come to a complete standstill with National cancelling all competitions due to spread of Covid-19. I have been a member...

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