careers

Only 22 per cent of people say they would consider a job in farming or food production, a new study has found

Two new undergraduate scholarships aiming to attract and retain students from the UK’s under-represented minority ethnic communities have been launched by the Royal Agricultural University (RAU). 

Charlotte Budgen is one of the faces of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week. She tells Hannah Binns about her career journey into agricultural engineering to date.

Ministers failed to bring in butchers from overseas in time to avoid a labour crisis because they were expecting furloughed workers who had been laid off to fill the shortfall, according to Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association.

Today marks the launch of the fourth, and potentially most important, year of our #ThisIsAgriculture campaign, at a moment in time when showcasing careers throughout the industry has never been more crucial.

Virgin Money has launched a new £9 million partnership with Plumpton College, East Sussex to develop the future of agricultural and horticultural education across south-east England.

Women now make-up the majority of students studying agriculture at Aberystwyth University, a record first in the institution’s history.

With only 17 per cent of prison leavers entering employment within a year of release, Hannah Binns spoke to New Futures Network’s Lance Harris about how agricultural business can access this labour pool.

A growing number of female auctioneers were helping to drive trade through a successful career behind the rostrum. Farmers Guardian reports.

With the uptick in students looking to study agricultural related subjects since the Covid-19 pandemic, a land-based college in Warwickshire has seen more than double the enrolments it expected for its agriculture course.