Opinion and blogs

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

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

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Liz Staley, Cumbria, calls for stronger post-Brexit food controls and greater support for farmers and small businesses to rebuild the UK economy and empower the next generation

Brexit
Liz Staley
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

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

clock 01 March 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

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

clock 01 March 2026 • 5 min read
Environment

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

clock 28 February 2026 • 4 min read
Road to Regen: Top tips to avoid overgrazing in the spring

Farm Business

Road to Regen: Top tips to avoid overgrazing in the spring

Silas Hedley-Lawrence is a farmer, coach and consultant with a decade of hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture. With a background rooted in both commercial and direct selling models, he champions lean, profitable farming systems that increase biodiversity and soil health. Silas is an Integrity Soils trained agroecological coach from the Yellowstone 2024 cohort

clock 27 February 2026 • 6 min read
OPINION: Does the betrayal over IHT mean partnership with Defra will never be possible?

Blogs

OPINION: Does the betrayal over IHT mean partnership with Defra will never be possible?

There was a definite air of positivity at this year's NFU Conference with leaders and politicians all attempting to move on from recent rows

clock 27 February 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: Abby Allen - "If we want a sustainable future, it starts with education, and it starts with young"

Young Farmers and Careers

OPINION: Abby Allen - "If we want a sustainable future, it starts with education, and it starts with young"

As an ambassador for Soil Ed, an education campaign that aims to get food and farming embedded onto the national curriculum, the subject is close to Abby's heart

clock 26 February 2026 • 1 min read