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It may be one of the more traditional competitions in YFC, but livestock reporter Ellie Layton still believes stock judging still firmly holds its place in the modern world of YFC.

Why should people be excluded from the farming industry? This week digital editor Emily Ashworth talks about the need for constructive conversation about education and careers

George Dunn, TFA chief executive, reflects on last months' family farm tax Judicial Review and says the Government, whether legally obliged or not, would have been better consulting with the industry before making changes to IHT

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

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme on the North Wales coast near Llandudno

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Worcestershire based Molly Strawbridge has been captivated by the natural world for as long as she can remember, now she is working towards a level 5 Chartered Management Institute qualification

Llyr Gruffydd writes on how Plaid Cymru will deliver a new era of putting farming and rural policy at the heart of Welsh Government if it wins the Senedd Election

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Stephen Ramsden questions whether a recent BBC programme fairly represented the debate around lab-grown meat

Ahead of May's election, Jim Fairlie writes on how the SNP has put the interests of farmers and crofters first in its near 20-year term in office, and how the party will back the farming sector in the future if it wins a fifth election