Tributes paid to popular farmer who died following a tractor incident

A family has paid their tribute to Herefordshire farmer, John Coates, 87, who has died following an on-farm tractor incident.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Tributes paid to popular farmer who died following a tractor incident

A family has paid their tribute to Herefordshire farmer, John Coates, 87, who has died following an on-farm tractor incident. Mr Coates ran a beef suckler, sheep and cider farm in Eyton, Leominster,...

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