In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'many farming families may have a matriarch, but ours is truly one of a kind'

This week from our In your field writer Amy Wilkinson (January 5)

clock • 3 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'many farming families may have a matriarch, but ours is truly one of a kind'

I hope you have all had an incredible Christmas and New Year, doing the things the festive period is all about, eating, drinking and spending time with loved ones. For us, the festive shenanigans begin...

To continue reading...

Already a member? Login for full access.

Login

New to Farmers Guardian? Register for 1 free article per week or become a member for unlimited access to essential farming news and insights.

article-img-580x358

 

More on Blogs

OPINION: If food security is national security, then now is the time to get behind our farmers

OPINION: If food security is national security, then now is the time to get behind our farmers

As industry members prepare to take to the roads in protest over soaring fuel and energy costs, the Government must do all it can to keep supply chains open

clock 16 April 2026 • 3 min read
OPINION: New legislation on sheep worrying welcome but not the answer

OPINION: New legislation on sheep worrying welcome but not the answer

Farmers Guardian's livestock editor, Angela Calvert, highlights the impact of sheep worrying on farmer's mental health

clock 15 April 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: Designing the perfect farmyard - easier said than done

OPINION: Designing the perfect farmyard - easier said than done

Head of arable Ash Ellwood lives on a farm in Cheshire, where she and her husband, Will, have recently begun rearing beef calves, diversified into equine livery, and purchased 12 pedigree breeding ewes

clock 15 April 2026 • 2 min read