Young Farmers and Careers

The Young Farmers Spray Drone Scholarship offers students a fast-track, fully certified route into the rapidly expanding agri-drone sector

Katherine Lawson, 27 from Sedbergh, Cumbria, reflects on entering the industry and building a future at her family’s farm

Participants gain first-hand exposure to every stage of the McDonald’s supply chain – from farm to front counter

Taking place on October 15 at VOX in Birmingham, The British Farming Awards will welcome industry professionals from across the country to celebrate British agriculture and the successes it has had this year

In a new report, young farmers call for action from government and industry to ensure the next generation have the support needed to continue farming

Karen Walker, 23 from Scarva, County Armagh, is a technical services supervisor at Dunbia Group and Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster vice-president

Clementina Alarcon Valle, 25, is a co-founder and junior farm manager at Cala Falco in Mallorca, Spain

Farming's brightest young talent was celebrated at the 2026 Young British Farming Awards held on September 19 at Cannon Hall Farm

Writing from his family's farm in Cumbria, Farmers Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder questions why British wool remains so undervalued when demand for sustainable, natural products has rarely been more prominent

Fraser Banks, 20, is originally from Devon and currently studies at the Royal Agricultural University