Young Farmers and Careers

Josie Troop, 23, currently lives on her family’s beef and arable farm in Newark, Nottinghamshire and is the NFU’s student and young farmer ambassador for the East Midlands.

Floss Styles, 30, is the founder of the First Generation Farmers Group on Facebook. From two sheep to 60, she is building up a farming business in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, while working full-time.

The Prince of Wales’ charitable foundation has submitted plans to create a new farming school in Scotland to encourage more people to embark on agricultural careers. 

Benjamin Middlewood, 24, works on his family’s 182-hectare (450-acre) arable farm in Driffield, Yorkshire Wolds. They grow a typical range of combinable crops, as well as vining peas for a local group, and sugar beet for the Newark factory.

I was brought up on the family farm which was run as a partnership with my parents and uncle.

Sophie Moore, 27, is a first generation farmer from Birmingham with a passion for running a sheep business around a full-time job in one of the most unlikely areas of the UK.

With UK agriculture in a climate of change and uncertainty, Hannah Binns spoke to four next generation farmers about their views on the industrys future.

With UK agriculture in a climate of change and uncertainty, Hannah Binns spoke to four next generation farmers about their views on the industry’s future.

Charlotte Budgen is one of the faces of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week. She tells Hannah Binns about her career journey into agricultural engineering to date.