Young Farmers and Careers

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.

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’.

A new Agricultural Growth Zone has been created to boost support for Lincolnshire and Rutland’s farming and producing sectors.

Emily Mosley, 23, is originally from Derbyshire, but currently works as a farm administrator for Fearn Farm in Tain in the Scottish Highlands. She is also the current vice-chair of Ross-Sutherland Young Farmers Club.

Women are being put off farming because of a perception that the work is unsuitable for them, according to a new Scottish Government report.

Perry Parkinson, 28, is from Northumberland, but works as a head shepherd for the Barony college farm, SRUC in Dumfries, Scotland.

With my family being tenant farmers, it was easy for me to decide which side I felt most comfortable acting for in landlord vs tenant disputes, which I encounter in my daily work as a chartered surveyor.

Annie Stones, 24, is based in Richmond, North Yorkshire. She works on the family sheep and beef farm alongside her full time job at W E Jameson Feeds as a feed sales representative.

The Country Trust is on a mission to connect children with the land that sustains us all. We work with farmers from across the nation who generously open their farms so children can explore where food comes from for themselves.

Emily Brown, 23, works on her family’s mixed farm in Stagsden, Bedfordshire and was Harper Adams Students’ Union president in 2021-22. She is also a NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador and helps promote diversity and inclusion in the industry.