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Young farmer 'overwhelmed at response' at first ever Lady Mayor's Show in London

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14.11.2025

Jon Watt, 28, of Laxfield, near Eye, Suffolk, joined former National Farmers' Union (NFU) Student and Young Farmer Ambassadors in a procession through the streets of London along with NFU President Tom Bradshaw on Saturday (November 8).

Dame Susan Langley - the 697th Lord Mayor of London - made history when she became the third woman to hold the post in more than 800 years and the first ever to be titled Lady Mayor of London.

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From left, Joanna Wareham, Mike Thomas, Sarah Burley-Jukes, NFU president Tom Bradshaw, Beth Moore and Sophie Bird at the Lady Mayor's Show in London (Image: NFU)

Jon - an arable and beef farmer and NFU Regional Livestock Board representative - was among the farming contingent helping to put UK agriculture in the national spotlight.

He was attending the show for the second year in a row.

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