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Women now make-up the majority of students studying agriculture at Aberystwyth University, a record first in the institution’s history.

With only 17 per cent of prison leavers entering employment within a year of release, Hannah Binns spoke to New Futures Network’s Lance Harris about how agricultural business can access this labour pool.

A growing number of female auctioneers were helping to drive trade through a successful career behind the rostrum. Farmers Guardian reports.

With the uptick in students looking to study agricultural related subjects since the Covid-19 pandemic, a land-based college in Warwickshire has seen more than double the enrolments it expected for its agriculture course.

With the Government’s vision to quadruple the number of ’green’ jobs by 2030, Olivia Midgley looks at new research by e-railer Bower Collective which shows environmental-related job roles are on the rise.

Today marks the launch of the fourth, and potentially most important, year of our #ThisIsAgriculture campaign, at a moment in time when showcasing careers throughout the industry has never been more crucial.

Maybe the lack of KFC chicken and McDonald’s milkshakes has focused minds in Government, but it seems the reality of staff shortages within the processing and supply sectors, as well as a lack of HGV drivers, have sparked serious concern.

Writtle University College has launched a new MBA in Regenerative Food Systems and is accepting applications for autumn 2021. 

Sioned Davies had never considered a career in banking, but an opportunity to work at a lender which specialises in agriculture was too good to miss.