Young farmer focus: Rhianna Melton - 'I believe agriculture is one of the best industries out there'

Rhianna Melton, 16 , lives on a pig farm with 140 acres of cereals in Hemingstone, Suffolk.

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Young farmer focus: Rhianna Melton - 'I believe agriculture is one of the best industries out there'

Rhianna Melton, 16 , lives on a pig farm with 140 acres of cereals in Hemingstone, Suffolk. Background Living in rural Suffolk, farming is my whole life as there is not much else to do in the middle...

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