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I start this column on a high; we have just returned from a skiing holiday in France

David TC Davies is the Member of Parliament for Monmouth and the Secretary of State for Wales - "Íæż½ã½ã are the custodians of the land and the main guarantors of our food security"

Part of our exit strategy if you like, was to get planning permission on three of our conventional buildings. I would hasten to add that our exit was forced upon us

This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor, Olivia Midgley

Lincolnshire young farmer Hannah Cuthbert an provided insight into the challenges young farmers faced with mental health during Yellow Wellies' Mind Your Head week

Today (February 13) is Pancake Day and here are some top recipe tips and ideas from the rural community

With a passion for education, Emma Smith, who is from a non-farming background, talks about what more we can do to get people into farming

Kate Rowell is a fifthgeneration farmer running the 750ha (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285ha (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

Could a light touch or at least a more proportionate approach be used, especially for those found to be in breach of rules for the first time or making minor errors?