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Britain
'You have to be really intelligent to be a farmer'
2025-03-30
[BBC] "I reckon my schoolfriends think I'm mad. They probably thought I would give up - but I haven't."

Bridgette Baker is a 24-year-old, fifth-generation farmer who farms alongside her dad and grandad in the gently sloping fields of south Somerset.

It's a beef and arable farm, with a few lambs and pigs for their meat business selling to local customers.

With some farmers angry with the government over inheritance tax rules and changes to farm payments, why would a young person want to stay in the industry these days?

"At school, we weren't encouraged to go into farming. It's such a shame," said Bridgette.

"Everyone thought: 'Oh, you're clever enough to do something else.'

"People don't think farmers are clever, but it's the most complicated job. You have got to be really intelligent to be a farmer."

Posted by:Besoeker

#3  She's feeding her friends and a bunch of other folks.
She's a farmer because she wants to be. Her friends and the other "Cool" kids are lucky they don't HAVE to be farmers to stay alive.
Posted by: Warthog   2025-03-30 10:06  

#2  "You will own nothing and be happy."
~ Klaus Schawb - Founder World Economic Forum
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-03-30 09:49  

#1  Someone tell Michael Bloomberg.
Posted by: EMS Artifact    2025-03-30 09:06  

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