Opinion and blogs

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

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

South Shropshire MP Stuart Anderson writes on the invaluable role of rural churches in farming communities, and why they are currently under threat after the Government slashed annual funding by nearly £20m, in what the Conservatives have dubbed the 'Worship Tax'

Farm Life
Stuart Anderson
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

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

clock 08 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

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

clock 07 December 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

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

clock 06 December 2025 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: "Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: "Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"

How can it be December already? With it being the season to be jolly, I won't dwell on the negatives. That said, I can't ignore the milk price

clock 06 December 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Charlie Gronning: "Buy your Christmas turkey from a local British supplier"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Charlie Gronning: "Buy your Christmas turkey from a local British supplier"

Turkey producer Charlie Gronning celebrates NFU's #BuyMyTurkey Day and urges the public to support British farmers by purchasing direct from family farms

clock 05 December 2025 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Martin Lines: "What does it mean to be a farmer today?"

Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE - Martin Lines: "What does it mean to be a farmer today?"

Nature Friendly Farming Network's Martin Lines writes on how farmers can solve some of the most pressing issues society faces, from food security to climate breakdown, but they are being undermined by warm words and a lack of support from Government

clock 04 December 2025 • 4 min read