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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.

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops.

Liz Webster is a mixed arable and beef farmer in Gloucestershire and founder of the campaign group Save British Farming

Jerry Alford, farming advisor for arable and soils at Soil Association, talks about the demand for organic produce despite the lack of support for organic practices

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

South Devon MP Caroline Voaden writes on the Government's failure to sign a new veterinary agreement with the EU, how Brexit has made life more harder for agri-food businesses, and why rejoining the customs union would be beneficial for farmers

Meg Elliott, store cattle auctioneer at Bagshaws, Bakewell, and dairy cattle auctioneer at Leek Auctions, discusses poor behaviour at markets

Jacob Duggan, 27, dairy farmer from the Isle of Man, discusses establishing his own farm, travelling and Young Farmers

Horsham MP John Milne said Government needs to work with farmers to deliver a rural development strategy which can help farming communities thrive instead of falling further behind urban areas

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Sylvia McHardy, Fife, discusses the history behind regenerative agriculture