in your field

In Your Field columnist James Wright on the effects of the hot weather, bTB testing and Natural England decisions, and the lessons children learn from farming

Farmers Guardian In Your Field columnist James Robinson on tractor troubles at silage time and the virtues of nettles as a habitat for butterflies

Farmers Guardian columnist Helen Stanier on the importance of analysing and sharing milk recording data in order to maintain a sustainable business

Farmers Guardian columnist Roger Nicholson on food security and the reintroduction of apex predators such as sea eagles

Aberdeenshire livestock farmer Nicola Wordie, known as @livestock_farmher on social media, shares what she and her dad have been up to on the farm this month

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

James, along with his wife Isobel and 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 UK country manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

FG columnist Helen Stanier on women in farming, going back to college and her cows attending a wedding

FG columnist and Cumbrian dairy farmer James Robinson on the importance of hedges and diversity in farming

Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental-cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life