Opinion and blogs

Young Farmer Focus - Robert Machin: "Forage is the foundation of a successful system"

Young Farmer Focus - Robert Machin: "Forage is the foundation of a successful system"

Robert Machin, 20, strongly encourages anyone thinking about taking a placement in the feed and nutrition sector to go for it

Young Farmer Focus
Mia Willemsen
clock 22 April 2026 • 3 min read
Machinery

OPINION: Translating the value of tech into income is a tougher sell

clock 21 April 2026 • 1 min read
Livestock

OPINION: A stubborn ewe and a short fuse – lambing time fun

clock 21 April 2026 • 2 min read
Environment

Letters: "Hill farming's role in our traditional integrated agricultural system needs recognition"

clock 21 April 2026 • 2 min read
Education

OPINION: Gov changes to school meals is half the battle – farming education is the other

clock 20 April 2026 • 3 min read
Livestock

OPINION: Stepping into the rostrum made clear that the job is best left to the professionals

clock 20 April 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Ashleigh Yates – "Young Farmers gave me exposure to agriculture, opening a door into an industry I hadn't considered before"

clock 20 April 2026 • 4 min read
In your field: Alan Carter – "After six months of being bovine TB-free, we are back under restrictions on-farm"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter – "After six months of being bovine TB-free, we are back under restrictions on-farm"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 20 April 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes – "We've just started commercially picking our glasshouse strawberry crop, so do keep an eye out for British strawberries on the shelves very soon"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes – "We've just started commercially picking our glasshouse strawberry crop, so do keep an eye out for British strawberries on the shelves very soon"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 19 April 2026 • 3 min read
OPINION: Succession, security and trusts on the family farm

Farm Business

OPINION: Succession, security and trusts on the family farm

Roythornes Solicitors' Oscar Scotney writes on how trusts can be a great tool to help protect assets

clock 18 April 2026 • 3 min read