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I have my ghost-writer employed writing this article as both the FG deadline and bTB testing wait for no man.

My students have completed their final exams and I am having a meal with them next week to say goodbye.

Bringing farmers around a kitchen table to discuss Bovine TB was harder than you think.

This month, Roger Evans discusses the downsides of rewilding, reminisces about a farm he once milked at, and details what medical professionals have made of him over the years.

Born a farmers daughter, I cannot recall exactly when my love for farming first began I would spend every evening after school and weekends out on the farm with my parents and grandparents.

In a new series for Farmers Guardian, the 11 new recruits on the McDonalds Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme. Each month we follow one of the PYFs to see what they are doing.

March and into April have been a time of change and challenge here on the farm and within our family.

This weeks special on careers showcases the breadth of rewarding jobs on offer in agriculture as well as the inspirational leaders and trainers who are helping to nurture the next generation of talent.

Hamish Evans, 25, a farmer and head grower at Middle Ground Growers, from Bath, Somerset.

Matt Phelan is co-founder of The Happiness Index and author of Freedom to Be Happy, The business case for Happiness.