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Katie Smith

Nov 13, 2016
3 min

8 Members You Will Find in Every Young Farmers Club

I’m sure many of you are young farmers or have at one point in your life been a young farmer. There are some massive clubs and it’s easy to let the crowds blur into one; after all everyone is in the same shirt, gilet, boots and polo belt… But if you dive deeper into the masses you will pick out a few distinct personalities, I thought I would pick some of these out (just for fun) and compile them into a list of the 5 people you will meet at every young farmer’s club. 1. The cl

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Katie Smith

Mar 15, 2016
3 min

Farmers Weekly: The View from Here

I wrote this piece as a response to Farmers Weekly’s ‘the view from here’ writing competition. I thought that it might interest some of you as I know that a lot of you are from the agricultural community. The view from here It’s easy for us to forget sometimes when we are caught up in our everyday life, how much farmers do for us. When we are on our coffee breaks, when we are picking up our groceries from the nearest supermarket, or when we are sitting down to dinner. Those o

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Katie Smith

Mar 13, 2016
1 min

Meet my Goats!

Meet Will and Harry. They are my two year old pygmy goats. I got them in May 2014 and ever since they have brought nothing but fun and delight to the yard. They are very cheeky goats and they are always playing with each other and running around. I like to take them for walks around the field and I even took them to my sisters baby shower! We got the goats as we hoped that one day we would be able to keep them as companions for the horses, however with the sheep-tipping reput

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Katie Smith

Feb 29, 2016
2 min

Young Farmers, #MoreThanTractors

I think many people overlook the National Federation of Young Farmers when they are looking for something new to join because they think that it is all tractors and farming, but it is so much more. Of course, to some extent you do need to be interested in farming to be part of the club because that’s who it is aimed at and those are the kinds of people you will most likely meet there. But that doesn’t mean you need to know about farming. I for one have never driven a tractor,

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Katie Smith

Jan 15, 2016
2 min

Why You Should Join the National Federation of Young Farmers

As I have been a Young Farmer for just over a year now I thought I would share some of my thoughts about the organisation and give you my top 7 reasons why you should join the National Federation of Young Farmers. 1. You make new friends- I have been a member for just over a year and I have already made some great friends within my club. All the people in my club are so nice and welcoming to new members and you really will make friends to last a lifetime. 2. You meet people f

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