Opinion and blogs

NZ Vet's View - Rory Dean: "The relationship between vet and farmer is put to the test when you don't have necessary medicines"

NZ Vet's View - Rory Dean: "The relationship between vet and farmer is put to the test when you don't have necessary medicines"

This month, New Zealand vet Rory Dean talks about running low on medication, 'robust discussions' with farming clients and the fortunate growing season

Dairy
Dairy Farmer
clock 12 December 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - George Freeman: "The real risk posed by the Government's shotgun licensing proposal is not to public safety, but to our rural way of life"

clock 11 December 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

Moving in the right direction on livestock worrying legislation

clock 11 December 2025 • 2 min read
Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE - Stuart Anderson: "In many rural towns and villages, churches are the only buildings in which residents can come together"

clock 09 December 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Julia Buckley: 'How to measure – and tackle – poverty, in the countryside?'

clock 09 December 2025 • 2 min read
Farm Business

Letters: "Red Tractor will continue to promote and defend the high standards of British agriculture"

clock 09 December 2025 • 2 min read
Farm Business

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "As we gather around the table this Christmas, let's remember the story behind the plate"

clock 08 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field - Kate Rowell: "It's taken seven years to build numbers back to where we were before the Beast from the East"

In your field

In your field - Kate Rowell: "It's taken seven years to build numbers back to where we were before the Beast from the East"

Kate Rowell 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 08 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: NEW WRITER - Nicola Wordie: "Farming is our life, our family and our story"

In your field

In your field: NEW WRITER - Nicola Wordie: "Farming is our life, our family and our story"

Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental-cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life

clock 07 December 2025 • 2 min read
Farming Matters – Fran Barrigan: "Budget is a missed opportunity for farm businesses"

Politics

Farming Matters – Fran Barrigan: "Budget is a missed opportunity for farm businesses"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Fran Barrigan, director at GSC Grays

clock 06 December 2025 • 3 min read