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Alexandra Godfrey, 21, is from Newbury in Berkshire. She has recently completed an Agricultural degree at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and has served as the establishment's president of the student union.

With #LoveLambWeek nearly over, Emily Ashworth looks into whether lamb needs an image overhaul

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Farmer and former lecturer at Myerscough College - George Parkinson

Mr Jenrick is one of six candidates standing to be the next Conservative Party leader

The widow of farmer Rocky Poulson, who ended his life four days after a farm inspection, reflects on the similarities between what happened to her husband and the tragic case of headteacher Ruth Perry, who took her own life after Ofsted inspectors said they would downgrade the school from outstanding to the lowest grade - inadequate

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

There were 213,200 calf birth registrations in Wales during the first six months of 2024, a decrease of over 10,000 calves year-on-year, according to recent figures from British Cattle Movement Service

"The developer still has a huge mountain to climb before they send in the diggers to the food production fields of rural East Cambridgeshire and Suffolk"

Dr David Llewellyn, the review's lead commissioner said: "We are seeking further views to inform the review, and this is the opportunity for the supply chain to tell us their experiences of farm assurance. This is so that we hear directly from the food industry community on this important topic"

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