Opinion and blogs

In your field: Dan Hawes – "This last month, I was also fortunate to travel to South Africa to tour some fruit farms"

In your field: Dan Hawes – "This last month, I was also fortunate to travel to South Africa to tour some fruit farms"

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

In your field
Dan Hawes
clock 16 March 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Alan Carter – "Calf prices still seem very good, which shows there must be confidence in beef production"

clock 15 March 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Business

Farming Matters: David Lindars – "Livestock markets, abattoirs and butcher's shops have all disappeared in large numbers"

clock 14 March 2026 • 4 min read
Politics

From the editor: Staying vigilant in the battle against disease

clock 12 March 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Emily Gray: "I want to return home to the family farm"

clock 11 March 2026 • 5 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum - Grant Anderson: "Trade for both prime and store cattle continues to show momentum"

clock 10 March 2026 • 3 min read
Arable

Letters: "It must surely be time for a clear, time-bound phase-out of pesticides in the UK"

clock 10 March 2026 • 1 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "The future of this industry depends on who farms next"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "The future of this industry depends on who farms next"

Caerfyrddin MP Ann Davies has urged the Government not to target future generations of hardworking farmers through changes to Inheritance Tax. She said the future of farming relies on being able to pass on the family farm through succession

clock 10 March 2026 • 3 min read
Brian Richardson: Time for farming to reset the agenda on carbon net zero

Environment

Brian Richardson: Time for farming to reset the agenda on carbon net zero

Brian Richardson is UK head of agriculture at Virgin Money

clock 09 March 2026 • 4 min read
In your field: Dan Jones – "This is a reminder that farming doesn't operate in isolation. Our businesses are tied into a global system"

In your field

In your field: Dan Jones – "This is a reminder that farming doesn't operate in isolation. Our businesses are tied into a global system"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

clock 09 March 2026 • 3 min read