Blogs

Opinion: Resistance in crops doesn't wait and neither can we

Blogs

Opinion: Resistance in crops doesn't wait and neither can we

Delegates at Groundswell heard about the current resistance issues within plant protection products with an unclear future path besides responsible use

clock 02 July 2026 • 2 min read
From the editor: Walking for a cause close to farming's heart

Farm24

From the editor: Walking for a cause close to farming's heart

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 02 July 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: The joys of shearing sheep

Shows & Sales

OPINION: The joys of shearing sheep

Angela Calvert Farmers Guardian's head of livestock reflects on shearing sheep and the wool price

clock 01 July 2026 • 1 min read
OPINION: Maybe we need to have more of a 'why not' attitude

Livestock

OPINION: Maybe we need to have more of a 'why not' attitude

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon, looks at adopting a 'why not' attitude on the farm

clock 01 July 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Mo Metcalf-Fisher - "Change means legislating for rural communities, not against them"

Blogs

EXCLUSIVE: Mo Metcalf-Fisher - "Change means legislating for rural communities, not against them"

How Sir Keir squandered an important opportunity to build on the goodwill given to him at the General Election

clock 26 June 2026 • 3 min read
OPINION: Do the latest SFI actions bring opportunity, distraction or a necessity?

Blogs

OPINION: Do the latest SFI actions bring opportunity, distraction or a necessity?

As the first window for SFI applications draws in, Ash Ellwood ponders what the latest release means for growers

clock 25 June 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: Does Sir Keir's early exit scupper Defra's long-term farming vision?

Blogs

OPINION: Does Sir Keir's early exit scupper Defra's long-term farming vision?

Labour's Farming Roadmap has outlined agriculture policy until 2050 but will yet another change at the top mean it could barely get a fortnight?

clock 25 June 2026 • 3 min read
From the editor: Can we move on from a decade of political drift?

Politics

From the editor: Can we move on from a decade of political drift?

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 25 June 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: Clare Wise – "Another PM with no rural leaning is hardly going to set farming hearts and minds alight with hope"

Blogs

Opinion: Clare Wise – "Another PM with no rural leaning is hardly going to set farming hearts and minds alight with hope"

Following Keir Starmer's resignation, County Durham livestock farmer Clare Wise says the next Prime Minister must either listen, or get out of the way to ensure farmers can do their job

clock 22 June 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: Ann Davies – "Shows are a celebration of culture and identity"

Blogs

Opinion: Ann Davies – "Shows are a celebration of culture and identity"

From local fields to national showgrounds agricultural shows are well worth a visit this summer sayd the Plaid Cymru MP

clock 20 June 2026 • 4 min read