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 a product 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

Genomics, water quality, building design and milking routines were just some of the topics on the agenda at the British Mastitis conference at the Six Ways Stadium, Worcester. Jonanthan Wheeler reports

Ian Cure, VetPartners farm director, discusses the recently announced extension to funding which offers farmers a free, Government funded vet visit for each herd or flock

Positivity for the future of the UK sheep sector, its diversity and its sustainability could be found amongst visitors, seminar speakers and industry representatives at NSA Sheep South West

Katie Fitzgerald, of Bishopton Farm Vets, looks at the cause, impact and management of heat stress among dairy cows

Based in the Vale of York, Angus Gowthorpe is a member of the regenerative farming group the Green Farm Collective, he grows arable crops and has a suckler herd.

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

As she steps into her first year as director of the Great Yorkshire Show, Rachel Coates reflects on a lifelong connection to the event and the incredible teamwork behind one of the UK’s most celebrated agricultural shows