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Congleton farmer Lara Dicesare is this year's Dairy Queen and chair of Macclesfield YFC, showing that when you really love something, you will excel in it

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Duncan Pickard, Balmullo, discusses the difficulties of turning a profit in agriculture

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Sarah Dyke, Liberal Democrat MP for Glastonbury and Somerton, and rural affairs spokesperson

The Shadow Farming Minister on why farmers are paying the price for Labour's urban outlook

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Witney Young Farmer Rui Manaia writes on how his passion for the agricultural sector has grown exponentially since he started studying at the Royal Agricultural University

Sam Kirkham, partner at accountancy firm, Albert Goodman, says farmers need time and support, but the question is, does the Government understand that?

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Dr M. Simpson, senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield, strongly refutes a recent letter