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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

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm.

Beef prices remain high despite a seasonal decline

The UK Health Security Agency have confirmed they are investigating a rise in Shiga toxin-producing E-coli - which can be carried in cattle and sheep - since May 25

NFU Cymru livestock board chair Rob Lewis said: "We need a robust, future proof and cost-effective system that can be totally aligned with a modernised cattle database"

IFA's national livestock chair urged farmers to 'resist attempts by factories to reduce the price' of their cattle

A power outage has affected the British Cattle Movements Service

Farmers rush to help as a double-decker vehicle carrying 40 cattle flipped over