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Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 400-acre, 400-cow dairy unit, at Constantine, Cornwall, supplying Suputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana.

And we are off: harvest 2023 has begun. Our first crop of babyleaf spinach left the farm last week and, given the weather, quality has been surprisingly good.

With all the chaos circling Westminster and departments such as Defra, it is no wonder Labour is pummelling the Conservatives in the polls.

Matthew Ingram, 26, is from Tamworth, Staffordshire and a member of Coleshill YFC in Warwickshire.

Milly Fyfe is a blogger, podcaster and author of No Fuss Meals for Busy Parents recipe book.

Lambing is well and truly underway. Although later than many farms in the area, a mid April lambing works with our farming system and aims to avoid the remaining harsh winter weather. However, this season has brought an unwelcome mix of snow, hail and high winds.

Social media is a useful tool to communicate with the public, with well-known faces such as North Wales hill farmer Gareth Wyn Jones amassing thousands of followers keen to learn more about what happens on UK farms.

Michael Burley, 27, works as a head shepherd on an upland farm running 750 ewes and 80 head of cattle in the Rhondda Valleys, South Wales.

It’s amazing the variety of topics that are discussed by In Your Field columnists, I’m not going to disappoint with this one.

Clover Crosse, 25 is second in command on a 530ha arable farm near Salisbury.