Young Farmers and Careers

Helen Rebanks becomes ambassador for rural education petition

Young Farmers and Careers

Helen Rebanks becomes ambassador for rural education petition

Helen Rebanks, best-selling author of The Farmer's Wife, is passionate about education and joined Farmers Guardian's joint petition to get farming into schools

clock 25 March 2025 • 1 min read
Careers: Young Farmer and trainee auctioneer lands dream job at the UK's largest sheep mart

Young Farmers and Careers

Careers: Young Farmer and trainee auctioneer lands dream job at the UK's largest sheep mart

20-year-old Joe Conley's passion for agriculture has helped him establish a budding career as an auctioneer at C&D Longtown Auction Mart, in Cumbria

clock 23 March 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Kirsty Leigh: "There is a place for a Beef Shorthorn in any farming enterprise"

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Young Farmer Focus - Kirsty Leigh: "There is a place for a Beef Shorthorn in any farming enterprise"

Kirsty Leigh is a fourth-generation farmer from Wolverley in Worcestershire. She writes about her family farm business, the support and guidance she has received so far, and the importance of butchers and genetics

clock 19 March 2025 • 2 min read
"This should be a normal part of our education" - petition to get farming into schools gains momentum

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"This should be a normal part of our education" - petition to get farming into schools gains momentum

Many in the farming industry have long championed getting agriculture into schools - could now be the right time?

clock 18 March 2025 • 3 min read
Community: Welsh butcher is a cut above the rest

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Community: Welsh butcher is a cut above the rest

In FGs Celebrating Rural Communities section, we we share news from the heart of British rural life

clock 17 March 2025 • 1 min read
Community: Big Build campaign released to help SAYFC

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Community: Big Build campaign released to help SAYFC

In FGs Celebrating Rural Communities section, we we share news from the heart of British rural life

clock 15 March 2025 • 1 min read
CAREERS: 'Becoming a first-generation farmer at 50 was daunting' - Damian Barson

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CAREERS: 'Becoming a first-generation farmer at 50 was daunting' - Damian Barson

Sheep farmer Damian Barson talks about starting his farming career later in life – and encourages people to think about what former careers can bring to the table

clock 15 March 2025 • 2 min read
Community: Farmers pack a punch at charity boxing match and raise over £35,000

Young Farmer Focus

Community: Farmers pack a punch at charity boxing match and raise over £35,000

In FGs Celebrating Rural Communities section, we we share news from the heart of British rural life

clock 13 March 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus - James Scott: "We can never have enough influencers sharing their experiences of farming"

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Young Farmer Focus - James Scott: "We can never have enough influencers sharing their experiences of farming"

James Scott, 24, is a dairy farmer from Congleton in Cheshire. He writes about his farm and the power of education and telling farming stories through social media

clock 12 March 2025 • 2 min read
Little lambers: "The best bit was going out to do the night checks with mum, with just the radio on"

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Little lambers: "The best bit was going out to do the night checks with mum, with just the radio on"

In this children's lambing special, Jacob Barton, 9, tells Farmers Guardian what he loves about lambing time

clock 06 March 2025 • 2 min read