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Young Farmer Focus: Jon Watt - "'Many counties no longer have an abattoir at all"

Jon Watt is a 28-year-old tenant and contract farmer, running a 180-hectare arable and beef farming business in Suffolk with his father

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Young Farmer Focus: Jon Watt - "'Many counties no longer have an abattoir at all"

To take part in this year's Lady Mayor's Show was a proud moment. As a young farmer, to be invited to London with the NFU, representing our industry among thousands of spectators was a privilege. Amid...

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