AN agriculture graduate has joined the North-East region of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) on work placement.
ROWENA HAMMON has joined the NFU for the next three months as part of a year-long graduate trainee placement that will see her carrying out four projects in different parts of the country.
Based in York, she will be looking at the range of advice, training and business support available to people entering the industry
The project sees the NFU joining forces with the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward and Framework for Change, the body responsible for delivering the strategy for sustainable farming and food in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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