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Olivia Midgley

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From the editor: "We know UK farmers produce food to the highest quality and standards in the world, but they should not be penalised for this at home"

Farm Business

From the editor: "We know UK farmers produce food to the highest quality and standards in the world, but they should not be penalised for this at home"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (April 18)

clock 18 April 2024 • 2 min read
From the editor: Olivia Midgley - "Mixed farming approach is surely the most sensible path"

Blogs

From the editor: Olivia Midgley - "Mixed farming approach is surely the most sensible path"

With food production at home and abroad under increasing strain, decisions to ‘rewild’ will undoubtedly cause tension and prompt many questions

clock 04 April 2024 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Social media has been alive with pictures and videos of cattle being turned out after a winter that has felt like a lifetime"

Politics

From the editor: "Social media has been alive with pictures and videos of cattle being turned out after a winter that has felt like a lifetime"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 28)

clock 28 March 2024 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

Weather

From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 22)

clock 21 March 2024 • 2 min read
Farmers Guardian Podcast: LIVE from the Low Carbon Agriculture Show - Soil Association chief executive Helen Browning and Overbury Farms regenerative farming manager Jake Freestone

Podcasts

Farmers Guardian Podcast: LIVE from the Low Carbon Agriculture Show - Soil Association chief executive Helen Browning and Overbury Farms regenerative farming manager Jake Freestone

Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley speaks to Soil Association chief executive Helen Browning and Overbury Farms regenerative farming manager Jake Freestone who were speaking at the Low Carbon Agriculture show, organised by Farmers Guardian's parent company Agriconnect

clock 15 March 2024 • 1 min read
From the editor: "Supermarkets should leave warm words on the shelf and put them into action"

Blogs

From the editor: "Supermarkets should leave warm words on the shelf and put them into action"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 14)

clock 14 March 2024 • 2 min read
Low Carbon Ag Show: "We have to get people on the journey" - Net zero language could be putting farmers off

Farm Business

Low Carbon Ag Show: "We have to get people on the journey" - Net zero language could be putting farmers off

Calls to reframe the conversation on climate friendly farming at Low Carbon Agriculture Show

clock 07 March 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: 'Uncertainty' as countdown begins on the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation

Politics

From the editor: 'Uncertainty' as countdown begins on the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 1)

clock 29 February 2024 • 2 min read
LIVE UPDATES: NFU Conference 2024 - New NFU leadership team announced

Politics

LIVE UPDATES: NFU Conference 2024 - New NFU leadership team announced

LIVE from the National Farmers Union (NFU) Conference 2024 - Get all the latest updates from the Farmers Guardian news team

clock 20 February 2024 • 1 min read
Agriculture can save the planet - but only if it is allowed to harness innovation

Climate Change

Agriculture can save the planet - but only if it is allowed to harness innovation

Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley sat down with Jack Bobo, director of the University of Nottingham's Food Systems Institute, ahead of the NFU Conference 2024

clock 19 February 2024 • 1 min read