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Olivia Midgley

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From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

Politics

From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 27 February 2025 • 3 min read
Farmers urged to pause for The Big Farm Tea Break

Mental Health

Farmers urged to pause for The Big Farm Tea Break

The Big Farm Tea Break aims to support farmers' mental well-being - "Stopping for a conversation puts everything in perspective"

clock 13 February 2025 • 2 min read
Farmers take fight for survival to Whitehall: "If farming goes down, everything goes down with it"

Politics

Farmers take fight for survival to Whitehall: "If farming goes down, everything goes down with it"

Thousands of farmers made their voices heard in the capital in protest of the Chancellor's proposed changes to Inheritance Tax

clock 10 February 2025 • 4 min read
From the editor: "By valuing food production in the same way as we value nature, we should get to a place where there is harmony"

Politics

From the editor: "By valuing food production in the same way as we value nature, we should get to a place where there is harmony"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 07 February 2025 • 3 min read
From the editor: New research showcasing impact of bovine TB on farmers must be heeded

Politics

From the editor: New research showcasing impact of bovine TB on farmers must be heeded

Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley's take on this week's top farming news stories

clock 31 January 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: Industry now has mandate to force farm assurance reform

Politics

From the editor: Industry now has mandate to force farm assurance reform

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 23 January 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Is it possible supermarkets may just be farming's saviour in the family farm tax fight?"

Politics

From the editor: "Is it possible supermarkets may just be farming's saviour in the family farm tax fight?"

This week from Farmers Guardian's editor Olivia Midgley

clock 18 January 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Should the Government continue to dig in its heels, the calls from businesses across the food and farming supply chain will only get louder"

Politics

From the editor: "Should the Government continue to dig in its heels, the calls from businesses across the food and farming supply chain will only get louder"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 09 January 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: "For hundreds of years and multiple generations, farming families have had to fight for their existence"

Blogs

From the editor: "For hundreds of years and multiple generations, farming families have had to fight for their existence"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 26 December 2024 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Rachel Reeves and her advisers would do well to go out and talk to the people who are experts in their field"

Politics

From the editor: "Rachel Reeves and her advisers would do well to go out and talk to the people who are experts in their field"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 20 December 2024 • 2 min read