Opinion and blogs

In your field: Helen Stanier – "Even though everybody knows Christmas falls on December 25, it always seems to come at just the wrong time on our farm"

In your field: Helen Stanier – "Even though everybody knows Christmas falls on December 25, it always seems to come at just the wrong time on our farm"

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

In your field
Helen Stanier
clock 22 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "Farmers are a special bunch, we are optimists, it is always worth the effort"

clock 21 December 2025 • 3 min read
Environment

Farming Matters - Sarah Haynes: "True value of national farm baselining goes far beyond environmental improvement"

clock 20 December 2025 • 3 min read
Mental Health

EXCLUSIVE - Danny Chambers: "We can save lives and ensure that no farmer feels they have to struggle alone"

clock 18 December 2025 • 3 min read
Retail

OPINION: 8p veg promotions devalue British produce

clock 17 December 2025 • 2 min read
Blogs

Rural Education Matters - Olivia Shave: "2025 has been nothing short of momentous for SoilED and the movement to bring food, farming and sustainability education to every UK classroom"

clock 17 December 2025 • 5 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Thorne Stopps: "I recall always having an admiration for local farmers"

clock 17 December 2025 • 2 min read
Starmer faces the Liaison Committee, but loses face even more

Politics

Starmer faces the Liaison Committee, but loses face even more

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer does not seem to like farming, but he does seem to like digging rather large holes for himself

clock 16 December 2025 • 1 min read
Letters: "Why the Government must stop ignoring UK food security"

Politics

Letters: "Why the Government must stop ignoring UK food security"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Ian Howie, Hereford, discusses concerns that Government policy could undermine UK food security

clock 16 December 2025 • 1 min read
In your field - Emma Robinson: "Flooding has been devastating for businesses and people in our rural communities"

In your field

In your field - Emma Robinson: "Flooding has been devastating for businesses and people in our rural communities"

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 chair of Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution Monmouthshire

clock 15 December 2025 • 3 min read