Getting Started

Poppy Burrough is an apprentice technician engineer for JCB and is forging a promising future for herself in agriculture

At 27 Ben Lake is one of the youngest MPs at Westminster, we catch up with him on his work as the spokesperson for rural affairs for Plaid Cymru

Hannah McGrath is a PHD student for Sustainable Agriculture Sciences at Rothamsted Research. We catch up with her on her work towards greener farming in the UK.

Cerys Fairclough, 16, lives on a family sheep farm near Newbridge on Wye, Wales, where she is successfully developing her own flock of Bluefaced Leicester ewes. She is also one of 12 young people to be selected for Farming Connect Agri-Academy.

Charlotte Garbutt, 24, from East Yorkshire, is an area manager for agrochemical company, Sygenta and is the current county vice chairwoman of Lincolnshire Young Farmers Club (YFC). She has also set up a pedigree Limousin herd on her smallholding in Billinghay, Lincolnshire.

Making employees feel needed and respected can be key in staff retention and securing loyalty. Sarah Todd looks at the growing importance of taking time to empower those working around you.

With various initiatives taking place in schools across the country, the agricultural industry has a positive opportunity to talk about the lesser-known benefits which can help career choices.

Farmers without formal qualifications could be excluded from accessing Government funding or even tenancies over the next two or three years, a prominent peer has warned.