Young Farmers and Careers

Jessica Rose from Nottinghamshire has been elected as the new Chair of The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) and will help to deliver a new five-year plan for the organisation in the build up to its centenary.

As an ambassador for Soil Ed, an education campaign that aims to get food and farming embedded onto the national curriculum, the subject is close to Abby's heart

Alys Beckett, 24, is from Wrexham in Wales. She is currently working as a primary school teacher alongside her obligations on the family farm

For over 150 years, H&H has supported the farming sector. And the group is continuing to support farmers with applications being taken for its Rural Matters Bursary Fund to give young farmers in Cumbria a helping hand in their early careers

Milly Denning, 23, is from Bath in Somerset. She is currently studying an MSc in sustainable agriculture and food security at the Royal Agricultural University

Tori Squire, 22, is a third-generation beef and sheep farmer from Newton Abbot in Devon

As part of an exclusive 12-month blog for Farmers Guardian, the new cohort of youngsters on the McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer programme talk about their hopes for the future and the impact they can make. Here we hear from Hamish Landale, from Crieff, Scotland

Reggie Deakin, 21, is an assistant farm manager at Wigborough Wick Farm in St Osyth, Essex