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This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Jesse A. Bostock, Staffordshire, discusses how methane is wrongly portrayed as harmful

South Devon MP Caroline Voaden writes for Farmers Guardian on milk price volatility, dairy farmers who feel undercut by one-sided contracts, and an industry-wide need for a regulator which can stand up for British farmers

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Simon Jeffery, co-founder of the Earth Rover Program and professor of soil ecology at Harper Adams University, alongside sustainability consultant Lizzie Lloyd

Silas Hedley–Lawrence is a farmer, coach and consultant with a decade of hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture. With a background rooted in both commercial and direct selling models, he champions lean, profitable farming systems that increase biodiversity and soil health. Silas is an Integrity Soils trained agroecological coach from the Yellowstone 2024 cohort

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Jon Watt is a 28-year-old tenant and contract farmer, running a 180-hectare arable and beef farming business in Suffolk with his father

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria and into south-west Scotland

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Nial Jeffrey, chair of the Quality Meat Scotland Standards Setting Body and cattle and sheep farmer, discusses the latest updates to the QMS Cattle and Sheep Assurance Standards