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McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Ashleigh Yates 鈥� "Young Farmers gave me exposure to agriculture, opening a door into an industry I hadn't considered before"

As part of an exclusive 12-month blog for Farmers Guardian, the new cohort of youngsters on the McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer programme talk about their hopes for the future and the impact they can make. This month we hear from Ashleigh Yates, from Kent

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Hi, my name is Ashleigh Yates and this year I am privileged to be one of McDonald's Progressive Young Farmers (PYF), working alongside the UK's largest egg supplier 鈥� Noble Foods. As I do not come from...

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