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Article: Woman farmer digs in to fight for post on the male-dominated NFU
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 15, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2002 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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A WOMAN to lead Britain's farmers? Not impossible, and perhaps
sooner than you think. Britain's best-known female farmer, Marie
Sykes, is trying to break into the overwhelmingly male-dominated
upper ranks of the National Farmers' Union.
The Norfolk arable farmer, who sits on a batch of Government
quangos and writes columns for a sheaf of agricultural magazines
besides looking after 500 acres of wheat, barley and sugar beet with
her husband, Chris, is standing for the post of NFU deputy president
in elections next month.
She says she wants the NFU to modernise and adapt to a world in
which government and EU subsidies of the past 30 years will no longer
be a guarantee of farmers' income. ...
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