Young Farmers and Careers

William Mellor, 24, works on his family’s dairy farm Bakewell, Derbyshire alongside his brother and parents.

John McCulloch, 21, is a stockman at G Barbour & Co, based in Crocketford, near Dumfries in South West Scotland. He is the chairman of Stewartry Young Farmers and chairman of the SAYFC West region agri and rural affairs committee.

Lucy May Griffiths, 20, is from a mixed farm in Radnorshire, Wales. She is in her second year at Harper Adams University studying agriculture with animal science.

Jack Sadler is a 26-year-old graduate rural surveyor with CLM, a firm of farm business and environment consultants. From Cheshire, Jack is carving a career in the overlap between agriculture and conservation.

Get training from outside of your employer to reach your career goals, say farmers who proactively sought to improve their skills and career development. Jez Fredenburgh reports.

Gareth Staples-Jones, 24, and Grace Collinson, 23, farm in Stone Fold Village, Accrington. Gareth works as a commercial account handler at NFU Mutual Preston and Grace works at Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary.

An outbreak of American Foulbrood (AFB) has been found in a single hive in an apiary in the Stanley area of Perthshire.

Lauren David,19, is a beef and sheep farmer in Cowbridge, South Wales. She is also an NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador.

Ailish Ross, 26, North Warwickshire, is an event and sales cataloguing manager for the Texel Sheep Society.

National Federation of Young Farmers’ Club (NFYFC) members have voted to increase the membership age from 26 to 28 from September 1.