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This month, Roger Evans talks about his schooldays, terrifying teachers and how learning to speak French, suprisingly paid off

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: William Taylor, Farmers For Action co-ordinator, discusses the decision to pause a UK-wide farm protest and the push for a Farm Welfare Bill

Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental-cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including Springtime on the Farm. Roger, 83, farms with his sons Dave, Robert and Richard and says he has no plans to retire just yet

Graeme Hills, director and head of tax at Duncan & Toplis reflects on what changes to business property relief will have for business owners

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Charlotte Dowson, associate in the complex injury team at Bolt Burdon Kemp

Livestock specialist Ellie Layton shares her thoughts on why farmers should value livestock marts in a post-subsidy world.

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

Bad practices need to be called out in farming, but tarring all farms with the same brush is totally unacceptable

Everyone needs to eat so every needs farmers to feed them