Young Farmer Focus: Amy Wilkinson - 'I hope to see a bigger female workforce and encourage employers to give us girls a chance'

Amy Wilkinson, 24, farms with her dad in Halsall, Lancashire. She rears 550 beef cattle through to finishing and farms 243 hectares (600 acres) of arable land.

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Young Farmer Focus: Amy Wilkinson - 'I hope to see a bigger female workforce and encourage employers to give us girls a chance'

Amy Wilkinson, 24, farms with her dad in Halsall, Lancashire. She rears 550 beef cattle through to finishing and farms 243 hectares (600 acres) of arable land. Gender When lockdown was in full swing,...

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