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Work had finished for the day and it was time to wind down with a drink with my wife. I had one sip when my father called to say there had been another dog attack on the calves

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as UK country manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

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

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

Growers being urged to disinfect stores to reduce the carry-over of damaging diseases to the 2024 harvest

Britain's last remaining prison-run dairy farm has installed two milking robots, a move that has significantly increased milk yield from its herd of 120 pedigree Holsteins

The Young BFAs, a brand-new initiative launched as part of the prestigious British Farming Awards and hosted by Íæż½ã½ã, aims to recognise and celebrate the remarkable upcoming talent within the agricultural industry

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