Tom is a partner in the family sheep and beef farm in Cowbridge which extends to 384 hectares (950 acres). The farm consists of 550 breeding ewes and 120 suckler cows.
Cam Houle is a new entrant into the dairy industry, milking 35 cows in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Alan Fisher farms with his wife Julie and three children, in partnership with his wife’s parents. They milk 160 Holstein cows on 80 hectares (200 acres) in North Cumbria.
Joe Towers markets the milk from his 350 cow family dairy farm at Hornby in Lancashire under the brands Lune Valley Dairy Farm and The Estate Dairy.
Adrian Boaden is a dairy farmer from Cornwall. He milks 155 Holstein Fresians and two Ayrshire cows which belong to his children, increasing to 180 cows in partnership with his parents.
Thomas Gibson farms 250 Lanark Blackface ewes in Broughshane, Co Antrim, on a hill farm more than 274 metres (900ft) above sea level. He also carries out contract shearing.
Rosie Hetherington is a new entrant to farming and runs a small flock of continental sheep in partnership with a retired farmer in West Yorkshire. She is also a third-year agriculture student at Newcastle University.
James Muir farms with his wife Lucy and three children, Angus, Oliver and Charlie, on a family owned farm in Stafford. They are in a share farming agreement with Lucy’s parents Stephen and Lesley Brandon
Rhydian Bevan farms in Penffordd, Pembrokeshire with his mother, father and grandmother. They milk about 240 Holstein Fresian cows and finish about 150 cattle a year
Nigel Gribble farms 81 hectares (200 acres) near Launceston, Cornwall, with his parents. He keeps 80 cattle and also works as a shift manager at a food factory.