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Will's World: Prize-winning veg prompts the wrath of locals

Intrigue. Conspiracy. Machinations. Cabal. Plot. What comes to mind when you read these words? The reign of Queen Elizabeth I, perhaps, when extreme religious tension fuelled rebellions at home and…

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Will's World: The best job in the world but it isn't farming

On the day our eldest daughter was born, my mother said to me, with tongue only half in cheek: “Congratulations. Now you’ll never stop worrying again.” Amid all the euphoria…

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Will's World: Eat Like a Lioness campaign hits the net

I’m about to admit something so hideously un-Welsh that I’m worried I’ll have my citizenship revoked. I’m not entirely sure of the process because it’s clouded in deep secrecy. I’ve…

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Will's World: Why you can't beat a Massey Ferguson 135

In 1965 Winston Churchill died and more than a million people lined the streets of London for his state funeral. Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston, the Beatles played their legendary…

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Will's World: Is help coming for TB-stricken? Inconclusive

Inconclusive. adjective. Not leading to a firm conclusion or result; not ending doubt or dispute. I think a lot about words these days. Their various meanings, how they fit into…

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Will's World: Why I'll never tire of the Royal treatment

From the four corners of Wales the faithful come in convoys of pickups, Land Rovers, wagons, stock trailers and caravans. Over the mountains and along the valleys, through villages and…

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Will's World: A long time ago, and a harvest not far away…

For Christmas 1983 I received a toy Millennium Falcon, and it was the most exciting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire five-and-a-half years on the planet.…

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Will's World: Let's ensure farm kids are alright this summer

It’s mid-July, which can only mean one thing: school summer holidays are imminent. The Evans girls are about to crash collectively into my relatively peaceful weekday breakfast times with all…

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Will's World: Like Neil Diamond, I'm forever in blue jeans

Are you a shorts person? I feel like I need to ask this very important question, as I’ve noticed a visible divide in the farming community between those who stick…

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Will's World: A farmer's plea to angry folk in North Wales

There’s a lady in our village who seems very angry. Without fail, day or night, if any of us drive past her house on a tractor, she’s standing at the…

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Will's World: Plan for farm's future hardly straightforward

The year is 2043. Wrexham have just been crowned Premier League and European Champions and the 23rd series of Clarkson’s Farm has just been confirmed. Former FW opinion writer and…

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Will's World: My name is Will, and I have polytunnel vision

Owning a polytunnel is a bit like keeping horses or being a vegan – it very quickly gets to a point where it begins to take over your life, you…

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