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Young Farmer Focus - Hannah Kiddey: "Sometimes you must be brave, trust yourself and your knowledge"

Harper Adams student Hannah Kiddey writes about why she chose to study agriculture and the skills she has gained working on farms

Chris Brayford
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Ms Kiddey, 22, is from Todmorden in West Yorkshire. She is studying Agriculture with Animal Science Student at Harper Adams University.
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Ms Kiddey, 22, is from Todmorden in West Yorkshire. She is studying Agriculture with Animal Science Student at Harper Adams University.

After deciding I was not going to university to be a doctor, I thought, what else could I do? I had ridden ponies on a farm for several years but never had anything else to do with farming. READ...

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