Opinion and blogs

View from the Rostrum - Russell Steer: "With numbers looking tight, there has never been a better time to market your stock"

View from the Rostrum - Russell Steer: "With numbers looking tight, there has never been a better time to market your stock"

Auctioneer at Kivells Exeter, Russell Steer discusses the high demand in sheep trade

Shows & Sales
Tom Ryder
clock 20 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"

clock 19 February 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "Infectious diseases do not respect borders or species barriers, and we ignore this at our peril"

clock 18 February 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Milly Denning: "Buying British should mean so much more"

clock 18 February 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "For some, the battle was too much"

clock 17 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

Letters: "Supporting farmers is about much more than just a weekly shop"

clock 17 February 2026 • 1 min read
Farm Life

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "I do not want to see that happen again in my lifetime"

clock 16 February 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Farming in the UK is under real pressure"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Farming in the UK is under real pressure"

TFA policy adviser Lynette Steel writes on what farmers want from the Farming Roadmap, and how the Government can help to deliver postive change for the sector

clock 16 February 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson – "My granddaughter loves all things farming – it really is a very special upbringing on a farm"

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson – "My granddaughter loves all things farming – it really is a very special upbringing on a farm"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 16 February 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell – "We still look back on the monitor farm experience as a catalyst for the positive growth of our business"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell – "We still look back on the monitor farm experience as a catalyst for the positive growth of our business"

Kate 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 15 February 2026 • 3 min read