Opinion and blogs

EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "It seems that the Government has got it in for the countryside"

EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "It seems that the Government has got it in for the countryside"

Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins writes on Labour's broken promises to farmers, how the Conservatives aim to win back rural communities at the next General Election, and why the UK faces a food and farming emergency

Politics
Victoria Atkins
clock 22 October 2025 • 5 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Jake Leighton: "I hope my journey proves that the countryside really is open to everyone"

clock 22 October 2025 • 2 min read
In your field

In Your Field: Dan Jones – "Maybe next we'll need a sign that says: 'Caution: Countryside may contain natural features'"

clock 20 October 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In Your Field: James and Isobel Wright – "We lost three ewe lambs to acorn poisoning. There's no getting around it"

clock 19 October 2025 • 2 min read
Farm Business

Farming Matters – Charlotte Gore: "It is the character of the farmer that really counts"

clock 18 October 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: A budget balancing act we cannot afford

clock 16 October 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Hannah Rees: "Kindness costs nothing in a world of rising costs and instability"

clock 15 October 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "We ignore lessons from farming's history at our peril"

Arable

Letters: "We ignore lessons from farming's history at our peril"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Lawrence Jones, Devon, discusses how many principles of modern regenerative farming have their roots in historical agricultural practices, which are now being revived and adapted to contemporary systems

clock 14 October 2025 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn: "Clearly there will be a lot of rot he has to deal with"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn: "Clearly there will be a lot of rot he has to deal with"

Tenant Farmers Association chief executive George Dunn writes on the appointment of Alan Laidlaw as England's first Tenant Farming Commissioner

clock 13 October 2025 • 3 min read
In Your Field – James Robinson: "It was the first time that Strickley Strawberry 21 had been off-farm and she paraded beautifully"

In your field

In Your Field – James Robinson: "It was the first time that Strickley Strawberry 21 had been off-farm and she paraded beautifully"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 12 October 2025 • 3 min read