Opinion and blogs

Sebastien Mallet - 'Agricultural markets are reacting cautiously to the Middle East war'

Sebastien Mallet - 'Agricultural markets are reacting cautiously to the Middle East war'

Sebastien Mallet is chief executive of ODA UK, an independent grain marketing consultancy advising cereal and oilseed farmers across the UK

Politics
Alex Black
Alex Black
clock 04 March 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Henry Morris: "When I get home from school I can't wait to change into my overalls"

clock 04 March 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: "Rural disadvantage tends to appear in isolated pockets rather than being concentrated as it is in urban areas"

clock 03 March 2026 • 3 min read
Brexit

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

clock 03 March 2026 • 1 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "We want to restore prestige to the phrase 'Made in Britain' on food"

clock 02 March 2026 • 4 min read
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"

clock 02 March 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Stuart Sadler: "Our milk buyer didn't pick up our milk for four days"

clock 02 March 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: James Robinson – "A generational farming baton has been passed down to me: Dad has retired from mole catching"

In your field

In your field: James Robinson – "A generational farming baton has been passed down to me: Dad has retired from mole catching"

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 01 March 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy Matters - Mark Chatterton: 'If support is thinning, margins need to fatten'

Dairy

Dairy Matters - Mark Chatterton: 'If support is thinning, margins need to fatten'

Mark Chatterton is the director and head of agriculture at Duncan & Toplis, which is one of the largest accounting and business advisers in the UK

clock 01 March 2026 • 5 min read
Farming Matters – Alastair Leake: "Resilience to climate change needs to come in many forms"

Environment

Farming Matters – Alastair Leake: "Resilience to climate change needs to come in many forms"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Alistair Leake, director of policy at the Allerton Project

clock 28 February 2026 • 4 min read