Opinion and blogs

In your field: Dan Jones - "For the first few hours, I felt like I was on trial"

In your field: Dan Jones - "For the first few hours, I felt like I was on trial"

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

In your field
Farmers Guardian
clock 27 August 2024 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Alan Carter - "You might as well have put the badgers in a jacket and hat walking next to Peter Rabbit and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle"

clock 27 August 2024 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Sophia Ashe: "You have to pick yourself up and keep fighting to see the better days"

clock 24 August 2024 • 2 min read
Politics

OPINION: Farmers all over the world have more in common than we think

clock 24 August 2024 • 1 min read
Blogs

Emma Gray's farming life: "Scottish National Sheepdog trials is around the corner...Rumours are it is to be held on Scots blackies - my nemesis"

clock 23 August 2024 • 2 min read
Blogs

From the editor: "Why not add 'respectfully' to 'right to roam'? That would be a good start"

clock 22 August 2024 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier - "Despite the stresses, I feel lucky and proud"

clock 22 August 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: James Robinson - "There has to be a better policy in place where every tool is available"

In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "There has to be a better policy in place where every tool is available"

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 21 August 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy Farmer - from the editor: "It is important we also try look for positives when we can"

Dairy

Dairy Farmer - from the editor: "It is important we also try look for positives when we can"

In the coming weeks we look forwards to two important dairy industry events – UK Dairy Day, taking place on September 11; followed by the Dairy Show on October 2

clock 21 August 2024 • 1 min read
Dairy Matters - Charlie Taverner: "The bigger issue is whether the Government should put so much emphasis on herbal leys"

Dairy

Dairy Matters - Charlie Taverner: "The bigger issue is whether the Government should put so much emphasis on herbal leys"

In April this year, farmers across England were receiving £74.2 million for establishing and maintaining herbal leys – the action known as SAM3

clock 20 August 2024 • 4 min read