Baroness Kate Rock is hopeful that newly elected Labour MPs in rural constituencies are already talking sensibly about finding a way forward to protect farms from ‘oblivion’
Accountant Rob Hitch, of Dodd and Co, discusses the impact of the Chancellor's Budget on farmers
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
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
Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are home reared and cows are on a composite system
This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian head of news and business Alex Black
From robots boosting profits on the last remaining prison farm in Britain to the removal of Winter Fuel Payments and the impact it could have on rural pensioners - these are six farming stories not to miss this week on FG
This week from Alex Black, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian head of news and business
Heather Stewart, from Carnlea near Ballymena, is an events officer at the Ulster ²ÝÁñÉçÇø' Union
As Rishi Sunak suggests an election will be held in the second half of this year, farmers shared their views on what they want from a General Election