Opinion and blogs

View from the Rostrum - Peter Huntley: "New generation farmers have renewed confidence in the auction system"

View from the Rostrum - Peter Huntley: "New generation farmers have renewed confidence in the auction system"

Exmoor Farmers Livestock Auctions company manager Peter Huntley discusses a strong year’s trade

Shows & Sales
Tom Ryder
clock 05 February 2026 • 3 min read
Sustainable Farming

From the editor: The true cost of a sustainable food system – and who pays it?

clock 05 February 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Reggie Deakin: "Farmers are willing to give you a chance, even if you do not have all the skills yet"

clock 04 February 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: "I am serious about my passion for our farming communities"

clock 03 February 2026 • 3 min read
Arable

Letters: "It's important to consider the consequences of glyphosate not being a tool in the box"

clock 03 February 2026 • 1 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Kevin Hollinrake: "Farmers should not have to feel forgotten as they often seem to be by this Government"

clock 02 February 2026 • 5 min read
In your field

In your field: James & Isobel Wright – "We had two inconclusives after being clear of bovine TB for over 20 years; I tempted fate"

clock 02 February 2026 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Jones – "What concerns me is when conservation grazing is spoken about as if farmers are simply service providers"

Conservation

In your field: Dan Jones – "What concerns me is when conservation grazing is spoken about as if farmers are simply service providers"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland that 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 01 February 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: 'A crash in milk price is not what we need'

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: 'A crash in milk price is not what we need'

Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres

clock 31 January 2026 • 4 min read
Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

Rural crime

Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Baroness Shas Sheehan, Chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee

clock 31 January 2026 • 3 min read