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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
Letters: "It must surely be time for a clear, time-bound phase-out of pesticides in the UK"

Arable

Letters: "It must surely be time for a clear, time-bound phase-out of pesticides in the UK"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Steve Clarkson, chief executive of Organic Farmers and Growers, examines new research on pesticide residues in soils and the debate over whether their use should be phased out

clock 10 March 2026 • 1 min read
In your field: Dan Jones – "This is a reminder that farming doesn't operate in isolation. Our businesses are tied into a global system"

In your field

In your field: Dan Jones – "This is a reminder that farming doesn't operate in isolation. Our businesses are tied into a global system"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

clock 09 March 2026 • 3 min read
Letter: As the High Court Hearing on the proposed changes to IHT approaches, the lead claimant says "the story must be what happens inside the courtroom"

Politics

Letter: As the High Court Hearing on the proposed changes to IHT approaches, the lead claimant says "the story must be what happens inside the courtroom"

Tom Martin, the lead claimant, has asked that those arriving in London to support the hearing do not bring tractors, horns or inflammatory banners

clock 07 March 2026 • 1 min read
Farming Matters: Helen Brookes – "From a farmer's perspective, new technologies must show a clear and measurable impact on the bottom line"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: Helen Brookes – "From a farmer's perspective, new technologies must show a clear and measurable impact on the bottom line"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Helen Brookes, engagement director at the UK Agri-Tech Centre

clock 07 March 2026 • 3 min read
84 year old Devon farmer dies while carrying out hedge repair work

Farm Safety

84 year old Devon farmer dies while carrying out hedge repair work

An inquest has been opened at Devon Coroners Court into the death of a man who died last month at his Kibsworthy farm

clock 05 March 2026 • 1 min read
Letters: "Farm enterprises should have a place in any future talks with the EU"

Brexit

Letters: "Farm enterprises should have a place in any future talks with the EU"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Liz Staley, Cumbria, calls for stronger post-Brexit food controls and greater support for farmers and small businesses to rebuild the UK economy and empower the next generation

clock 03 March 2026 • 1 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier – "I would like to see farmers given greater opportunity to use knowledge of their land to work with the weather, not battle against it"

In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier – "I would like to see farmers given greater opportunity to use knowledge of their land to work with the weather, not battle against it"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

clock 02 March 2026 • 2 min read
LEAF launches Open Farm Sunday training

Farm Life

LEAF launches Open Farm Sunday training

Charity urges farmers to sign-up and get behind 20th-anniversary year

clock 01 March 2026 • 2 min read