Ms Hacking will be standing as a Conservative candidate in Ashton-under-Lyne at the General Election
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 a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm.
The Welsh Conservatives leader has written a blog for Farmers Guardian on the importance of farming communities, the Sustainable Farming Scheme and how his party will back farmers ahead of the General Election
Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer writes exclusively for Farmers Guardian outlining what his party will do for farming