Blogs

In your field: James Robinson - "Come to Strickley, do a bit of team-building – by rescuing foolish farmers"

In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "Come to Strickley, do a bit of team-building – by rescuing foolish farmers"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 17 November 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier - "Support for British farming is still strong and it's encouraging to see greater interest for buying local"

In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier - "Support for British farming is still strong and it's encouraging to see greater interest for buying local"

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 16 November 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: Politicians' plotting means farmers must continue to plan

Politics

From the editor: Politicians' plotting means farmers must continue to plan

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 13 November 2025 • 2 min read
In your field - Roger Nicholson: "Given the right encouragement farmers can drive the growth the Government is looking for"

In your field

In your field - Roger Nicholson: "Given the right encouragement farmers can drive the growth the Government is looking for"

Roger farms with his family at Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and has appeared in various TV series, including 'Springtime on the Farm'

clock 10 November 2025 • 3 min read
From the editor: Farmers want to get on and farm

Politics

From the editor: Farmers want to get on and farm

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 06 November 2025 • 2 min read
Benefits of sensor technologies for water management on-farm

Arable

Benefits of sensor technologies for water management on-farm

After a dry summer and increasing challenges to manage water, professor of agricultural water management at Cranfield University, Prof Jerry Knox, explores technologies and tools to aid understanding and decision-making

clock 04 November 2025 • 5 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell – "The big message is that the market is out there"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell – "The big message is that the market is out there"

Kate Rowell is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

clock 03 November 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson – "It's the proudest I have ever felt of myself and I am forever grateful for that"

In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson – "It's the proudest I have ever felt of myself and I am forever grateful for that"

Amy Wilkinson, who worked on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire, writes her final blog for Farmers Guardian as she embarks on a new challenge working in Ireland for McHale. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

clock 01 November 2025 • 3 min read
From the editor: A year of uncertainty

Politics

From the editor: A year of uncertainty

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 30 October 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "Can producers actually afford to make the most of these grants?"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "Can producers actually afford to make the most of these grants?"

At long last, capital grant, Farming Equipment and Technology Fund and Farming Transformation Fund applications are materialising into agreement offers

clock 30 October 2025 • 3 min read