Her father, who sold farming tools, had believed that women should be educated.

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The figures, from the National Farmers' Union (NFU) Mutual, also showed farming tools, quad bikes and metal had been stolen the most in Devon and Cornwall in 2011.

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That was added to tools that allow farmers to integrate accounting and farming data to determine which practices are most powerful, and a GPS-powered system that improves efficiency during the harvest.

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Last month Lib Dem farming minister David Heath told farming groups that genetically modified crops were "one of the tools in the box" but not the silver bullet to increase food production.

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