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Welsh farmer Abi Reader elected as first female NFU Cymru president

Cardiff dairy farmer Abi Reader has been unanimously elected as the new president of NFU Cymru, with livestock farmer Paul Williams to be deputy

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Welsh farmer Abi Reader elected as first female NFU Cymru president

The duo were elected at a meeting of NFU Cymru Council in Cardiff Bay on today (January 20). Ms Reader is a third-generation farmer, farming dairy, sheep and arable at Goldsland 51AVÊÓÆµin partnership...

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