Next-generation farmers captured on camera

They may be juggling busy days with schoolwork, but that isn’t stopping these future farmers getting stuck in.

Here are a few of the many lovely photos readers have shared with us in our Farmlife Framed photo gallery.

See also: 11 lambing pictures to make you smile

Sophie catches up with the news

Sophie, who’s just over two-and-a-half and from a dairy, beef and arable farm in Flintshire, catches up with the latest news and views while the family enjoys a short break in Anglesey.

“It was essential holiday reading,” says mum Anna Brown.

Emilia and Poppy’s calf

“Our strong girl team”, was what mum Sophie Mottershead, from Whitchurch, Shropshire, called this shot. 

Daughters Emilia, eight, and one-year-old Poppy, are both keen calf rearers.  

Matilda with newborn Bella

Stuart Mundy took this photo of daughter Matilda, four, turning out her pet ewe Betsy and her newborn lamb Bella.

“Matilda loves getting stuck in at lambing time,” says Herefordshire-based Stuart.

Wilma’s lamb show and tell

Five-year-old Wilma is a budding shepherdess, according to mum Bronwyn Normington, a first-generation farmer at Settle in the Yorkshire Dales.

Here, young Wilma is showing off her Valais Blacknose lambs after a day at school.

George’s bedtime reading

Farmers Weekly is popular bedtime reading for five-year-old George, who lives in County Durham.

“George has big plans for when he’s older, and already has a job lined up as soon as he’s old enough,” says mum Natalie Ryder.

“One day, he would love to have a farm with Oxford Sandy and Black pigs.” 

Lily enjoys cow pictures

Lily, age three, enjoys “her” magazine subscription that Daddy bought.

“The past 18 months she has read every single issue, page by page, with such joy and excitement,” says mum Lucie Holmes.

“She looks forward to it coming and her favourite part is finding all the photos of cows,” adds Lucie, who lives in Thirsk, North Yorkshire. 

George’s trailer time

“George is rather pleased with the fodder beet yield this year, but thinks he will have to invest in a bigger trailer,” jokes mum Bridget Slade, who lives on a farm near Outwell, in the Fens.

The picture was taken just before the two-and-a-half-year-old was taken to nursery one morning.

“Usually, he wears a tiny hi-vis vest because I’m conscious of his safety on the farm. But, that day, no one was working on the yard yet, so he is in his school uniform,” adds Bridget.

Oscar learns ‘feeder wagon’

Here’s two-year-old Oscar enjoying a spot of reading in bed.

“He loves farming and will tell you the names of all the animals and equipment,” says dad George Harris, who lives near Marlborough in Wiltshire.

“The latest piece of equipment he learned from that issue was ‘feeder wagon’.”

Fergus feeds the lambs

Two-year-old Fergus feeding his pet lambs at Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. Mum Emma Gauld titled the picture “Keeping the next generation keen on farming”.