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Careers: Top industry advice for new entrant farmers - "Get as much practical experience as you can"

Young Farmers and Careers

Careers: Top industry advice for new entrant farmers - "Get as much practical experience as you can"

Ahead of Farmers Guardian's free webinar for new entrants, here are some top pieces of advice from farmers hoping to help and encourage those starting out on their journey

clock 27 January 2025 • 2 min read
Kaleb Cooper supports petition to get farming into schools

Young Farmers and Careers

Kaleb Cooper supports petition to get farming into schools

The Clarkson's Farm star showed his support for agricultural education and said he is 'passionate about highlighting how important farming is to all'

clock 27 January 2025 • 1 min read
Students speak up for farming's future: "We need to get farming into schools"

Young Farmers and Careers

Students speak up for farming's future: "We need to get farming into schools"

In this Save Britain's Family Farms campaign special straight from Myerscough College campus, five students, who are all studying agriculture and have the passion and determination to take the sector forward, share their views on the Autumn Budget

clock 21 January 2025 • 5 min read
The Farmers Guardian podcast: Students talk IHT - "My dad has been waiting his whole life to take over this business and now it is looking even harder"

Podcasts

The Farmers Guardian podcast: Students talk IHT - "My dad has been waiting his whole life to take over this business and now it is looking even harder"

In this week's FG podcast Emily Ashworth visits five agriculture students at Myerscough college to see how the younger generation feel about the future of farming and how the Budget could impact their future

clock 10 January 2025 • 1 min read
Welsh farmers keep shearing in the family

Farm Life

Welsh farmers keep shearing in the family

With world shearing championship titles to their names, husband and wife Richard and Ffion Jones run their family beef and sheep farm between pursuing their love of competitive shearing and wool handling

clock 04 January 2025 • 5 min read
Farming families deliver heartwarming family farm tax responses to Sir Keir Starmer

Farm Business

Farming families deliver heartwarming family farm tax responses to Sir Keir Starmer

"Our children mean so much to us, and those who want to take over the business and be the next generation of farmers may have that privilege taken away. I truly do not know what I would do if I had to have that painful conversation about giving up our farm business and giving up an industry which has provided me with so much joy"

clock 03 January 2025 • 5 min read
Young farmers give Northern Ireland's dairy industry a boost

Young Farmers and Careers

Young farmers give Northern Ireland's dairy industry a boost

Two aspiring farmers who took part in the inaugural Nuffield Farming Trust's Next-Gen Scholarship, a project aimed at opening up the prestigious scheme to a younger audience, talk to Jane Thynne about their experiences

clock 29 December 2024 • 4 min read
Young Farmer takes calf to Westminster to highlight importance of farming's next generation and small family farms in Britain

Farm Business

Young Farmer takes calf to Westminster to highlight importance of farming's next generation and small family farms in Britain

12-year-old Bella and Vicky the calf stole the show outside Westminster hoping to highlight the importance of farming's next generation of farmers following the Government's family farm tax

clock 17 December 2024 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Elin Meredith: "It is vital that young people remain in the industry because if not, hill farming traditions could be lost forever"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Elin Meredith: "It is vital that young people remain in the industry because if not, hill farming traditions could be lost forever"

"There is still a great deal of uncertainty about the future of agriculture in Wales"

clock 16 December 2024 • 2 min read
SPECIAL: Olivia Shave - "I see a critical gap in our education system – a gap that does not prepare young people for challenges such as food insecurity, climate change and sustainability"

Young Farmers and Careers

SPECIAL: Olivia Shave - "I see a critical gap in our education system – a gap that does not prepare young people for challenges such as food insecurity, climate change and sustainability"

Olivia Shave is a shepherdess and the founder and director of Ecoewe which offers a range of sustainable products derived from the family’s flock. Olivia has launched the #Ruraleducationmatters campaign and a petition to revise the national curriculum and introduce comprehensive rural education in UK schools

clock 30 November 2024 • 2 min read