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²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian deputy digital editor Lois Pearson shares her journey into a career in agricultural journalism

Agricultural colleges are seeing healthy demand for places but getting farmers on board to help them facilitate real-world experience and job prospects is a perennial challenge

Writing from his family’s farm in Cumbria, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder reflects on why commercial sheep farming deserves greater recognition and what young farmers can learn from the Whiteley Hey flock

Writing from his family's farm in Cumbria, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder reflects on why Will Riddington and Katie Andrews' story proves there is more than one way into farming

FG columnist and Cumbrian dairy farmer James Robinson on the importance of hedges and diversity in farming

Jessica Madge, 24, from South Somerset, works at the Royal Association of British Dairy ²ÝÁñÉçÇø hoping to contribute positively to the future of British dairying and agriculture

Olivia Shave is the founder of farming education campaign Soil Ed, which aims to get sustainability, farming and food onto the national curriculum. Over the last two years, the campaign has gained cross-party support and multiple high-profile ambassadors

A keen market attender, livestock reporter Ellie Layton gave auctioneering a go in a YFC competition this weekend, giving her a whole new appreciation for what it takes to be an auctioneer

As part of an exclusive 12-month blog for ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian, the new cohort of youngsters on the McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer programme talk about their hopes for the future and the impact they can make. This month we hear from Ashleigh Yates, from Kent

From career progression to community spirit and real-world impact, FG’s Tom Ryder explains why there are still plenty of reasons to be positive about farming