Young Farmers and Careers

Olivia Richardson, near Darlington, on the North Yorkshire and Durham border, is vice-chair of the NFU Next Generation Forum.

Research by The Prince’s Countryside Fund shows barriers new entrants face.

EX-teacher Ionela Bacioiu (known as Dana) has become the UK’s first female to complete her Level 2 FDQ Abattoir Worker Apprenticeship, blazing a trail for other women to carve out a career in the meat sector. 

It is not the usual thing to be able to willingly walk through the doors of a prison for any given reason. But what is more unusual is to see a working mixed farm.

Joe Bramall, 22, is a final-year student at Harper Adams studying agri-business.

I have joined the NFU, which is not a phrase I ever thought I’d say.

Meg Goring, 22, is from Tosside, North Yorkshire. She works as a key accounts manager in external sales for Woodheads Bros, Morrisons.

A love for the Jersey breed, and the nostalgic taste of traditional Jersey milk, has seen one young farmer in Cumbria develop a flourishing on-farm dairy business.

Sophie Bould-Lynch, 24, is a farmer and Red Tractor auditor from Yelverton, Devon.

BASF Agricultural Solutions has won the Crop Science Award for the Best Public Outreach Programme category for its public advocacy campaign,Farming, The Biggest Job on Earth.