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Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

As a glass-half-full person, I am hopeful that the new Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, will bring with him new insight, new vigour and new ideas

Bizza Walters, a well-known sheep farmer from Warwickshire, looks back on lambing this season

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 28)

Glyn Lucas on why farmers are undervalued

So my time on Defra's Bovine TB Partnership has unexpectedly come to an end. My three-year term ended and was disappointingly, for me, not extended

You have been hiding under a rock for the last 10 years if you know nothing about agri-tech

Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on their farm near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. She is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees

In his latest article, New Zealand vet Rory Dean, discusses how his client's herds are performing in terms of fertility, looks at some of the disease risks he is faced with, and also discusses his practices current recruitment drive