Opinion and blogs

EXCLUSIVE - Tom Bradshaw: "My message to him [Sir Keir Starmer] was simple: there is still time to take action to remove those most at risk from the eye of this storm"

EXCLUSIVE - Tom Bradshaw: "My message to him [Sir Keir Starmer] was simple: there is still time to take action to remove those most at risk from the eye of this storm"

NFU president Tom Bradshaw writes on the importance of Labour MPs who abstained on a vote to limit APR and BPR, and why the Prime Minister should do the right thing by protecting elderly and terminally ill farmers from cruel and inhumane Inheritance Tax changes

Politics
Tom Bradshaw
clock 22 December 2025 • 4 min read
In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier – "Even though everybody knows Christmas falls on December 25, it always seems to come at just the wrong time on our farm"

clock 22 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "Farmers are a special bunch, we are optimists, it is always worth the effort"

clock 21 December 2025 • 3 min read
Environment

Farming Matters - Sarah Haynes: "True value of national farm baselining goes far beyond environmental improvement"

clock 20 December 2025 • 3 min read
Mental Health

EXCLUSIVE - Danny Chambers: "We can save lives and ensure that no farmer feels they have to struggle alone"

clock 18 December 2025 • 3 min read
Retail

OPINION: 8p veg promotions devalue British produce

clock 17 December 2025 • 2 min read
Blogs

Rural Education Matters - Olivia Shave: "2025 has been nothing short of momentous for SoilED and the movement to bring food, farming and sustainability education to every UK classroom"

clock 17 December 2025 • 5 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Thorne Stopps: "I recall always having an admiration for local farmers"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Thorne Stopps: "I recall always having an admiration for local farmers"

Thorne Stopps, 22, is from Tunbridge Wells in Kent. He is studying a BSc top-up in agricultural management at the Royal Agricultural University.

clock 17 December 2025 • 2 min read
Starmer faces the Liaison Committee, but loses face even more

Politics

Starmer faces the Liaison Committee, but loses face even more

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer does not seem to like farming, but he does seem to like digging rather large holes for himself

clock 16 December 2025 • 1 min read
Letters: "Why the Government must stop ignoring UK food security"

Politics

Letters: "Why the Government must stop ignoring UK food security"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Ian Howie, Hereford, discusses concerns that Government policy could undermine UK food security

clock 16 December 2025 • 1 min read