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In your field: Emma Robinson – "We are not due to start lambing until March 25, but thanks to a neighbouring farm's ram lamb, we have started sooner. Good job we are not pedigree"

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson – "We are not due to start lambing until March 25, but thanks to a neighbouring farm's ram lamb, we have started sooner. Good job we are not pedigree"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) and is chair of RABI Monmouthshire

clock 22 March 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Phil Hambling – "Public debate overlooks the quiet progress being made on livestock emissions"

Environment

Farming Matters: Phil Hambling – "Public debate overlooks the quiet progress being made on livestock emissions"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Phil Hambling, director of agriculture and sustainable sourcing at ABP UK

clock 21 March 2026 • 3 min read
British Farming Awards 2026 is now open for entries

British Farming Awards

British Farming Awards 2026 is now open for entries

The British Farming Awards is back for 2026, and its 20 categories are open for entries and nominations. This year there are 18 returning awards alongside two new categories available for entry; Agricultural Supplier of the Year and Farm Adviser of the Year

clock 19 March 2026 • 4 min read
Letters: "Battersea's working cats are happiest in spacious, rural environments"

Farm Life

Letters: "Battersea's working cats are happiest in spacious, rural environments"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, London, is appealing for rural homes for its independent 'working cats', who thrive in spacious, free-roaming environments rather than traditional domestic settings

clock 17 March 2026 • 2 min read
Sue Armstrong becomes the first woman to receive the John Dennison Lifetime Achievement Award

Shows & Sales

Sue Armstrong becomes the first woman to receive the John Dennison Lifetime Achievement Award

Sue Armstrong of the renowned Wolfa Holstein herd in Cumbria, was honoured with the prestigious John Dennison Lifetime Achievement Award, at the 2026 Borderway UK Dairy Expo

clock 16 March 2026 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes – "This last month, I was fortunate to travel to South Africa to tour some fruit farms"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes – "This last month, I was fortunate to travel to South Africa to tour some fruit farms"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 16 March 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: Alan Carter – "Calf prices still seem very good, which shows there must be confidence in beef production"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter – "Calf prices still seem very good, which shows there must be confidence in beef production"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162-hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 15 March 2026 • 3 min read
Diversification: 10 things to consider ahead of business shift

Farm Business

Diversification: 10 things to consider ahead of business shift

As the recent Farm Business Income revealed, the loss of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) has hit farmers hard. For many diversification could be the answer

clock 14 March 2026 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: David Lindars – "Livestock markets, abattoirs and butcher's shops have all disappeared in large numbers"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: David Lindars – "Livestock markets, abattoirs and butcher's shops have all disappeared in large numbers"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: David Lindars, technical operations director at the British Meat Processors Association

clock 14 March 2026 • 4 min read
Ed Miliband: 'Rural communities who rely on heating oil must be treated fairly and transparently'

Blogs

Ed Miliband: 'Rural communities who rely on heating oil must be treated fairly and transparently'

The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero discusses the impact the ongoing crisis in the Middle East is having on rural families and businesses

clock 12 March 2026 • 2 min read