Farm Life

As 2025 comes to a close, NFU President Tom Bradshaw reflects on the past 12 months and the farming sector’s future in the coming year.

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: A poem from Joe Gorst looking back at 2025 in farming

As the year comes to an end, we look back at Clarkson’s Farm most memorable moments

Defra's revolving door took another spin as trade deals were signed and record-breaking temperatures took their toll

A senior animal health and welfare professor at the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world has been recognised in the New Year 2026 Honours

Farmers Guardian revisits Defra's latest IHT announcement, disease threats and market volatility

The funding helps deliver a range of initiatives including rural poverty relief, educating and mentoring young people and supporting social welfare for rural communities

In Northern Ireland, a farming choir is doing far more than performing. It is rebuilding community, fighting loneliness and proving that music can reach places ordinary words cannot. Danusia Osiowy finds out more

For those thinking of turning to regen farming, or those who are already knee-deep in the soil, here are five must-read books aiming to inspire new ways of farming

The festive season can bring with it many mental health challenges - but help is out there. Mia Willemsen reports