cattle

Aberystwyth University student Hattie Bryett writes about why a career path in farming is rewarding and why she wants to help educate and inspire more people to join the sector in the future

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

But concerns rise that tight supply and high prices could be storing up problems for future

Leading the trade at the Hereford Cattle Society's spring show and sale at Shrewsbury at 9,000gns was Pepperstock 1 Blackstaffe

Elle Slade has been encouraged to follow her own path on the family farm and has set up her own successful calf rearing business, while working part time at a nearby fattening unit

Alastair Sneddon, senior partner and managing partner for Bagshaws at Bakewell, reflects on recent strong sales prices

Ulster Farmers' Union said the failure to allocate separate funding for TB control, particularly to support wildlife intervention measures, was a 'missed opportunity'

More needs to be done to raise public awareness, say campaigners

Producers say they are being excluded from British gains

UK forced to rely on imports as consumer demand rises