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Young Farmer Focus - Sally Kitchiner: "In farming, you have to make lots of sacrifices while taking up a huge amount of responsibility"

Sally Kitchiner, 24, is a veterinary surgeon at Hampden Vets. She is from Shillington in Bedfordshire.

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"There is nothing worse than when things go wrong on-farm, and it has a profound effect on you as a vet because you feel the farmer's pain."
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"There is nothing worse than when things go wrong on-farm, and it has a profound effect on you as a vet because you feel the farmer's pain."

I have a very proud farming heritage which spans over five generations in Bedfordshire. My grandad still loves farming and helps to keep our 24-hectare family farm going. The arable farm still operates...

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