Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Simon Jeffery, co-founder of the Earth Rover Program and professor of soil ecology at Harper Adams University, alongside sustainability consultant Lizzie Lloyd

Arla's price has dropped 3.5ppl for December

NFU Cymru members make their feelings known at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair as Budget day looms

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Nial Jeffrey, chair of the Quality Meat Scotland Standards Setting Body and cattle and sheep farmer, discusses the latest updates to the QMS Cattle and Sheep Assurance Standards

High profile farmer Richard Haddock was said to be ‘depressed' after he was prosecuted by the Environment Agency for allowing illegal waste to be dumped on his land in Devon

Groups around the country are demonstrating the value of family farms and rural livelihoods

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as UK country manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill