Opinion and blogs

Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors: "Conversations about succession on farm have a time and place"

Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors: "Conversations about succession on farm have a time and place"

The senior associate at law firm Roythornes Solicitors has written a blog on the importance of succession planning for farm businesses

Farm Business
Chris Brayford
Chris Brayford
clock 25 July 2024 • 5 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk: Claire Eastham: "No one on their death bed said, 'I'm glad I did all that milking'"

clock 24 July 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Farmer - from the editor: "This should now give dairy farmers some confidence going forward"

clock 24 July 2024 • 1 min read
Farm Safety

Farm Safety Week: Stephanie Berkeley - "For an industry so central to strengthening food security and growing the economy, those who work in farming are vulnerable"

clock 23 July 2024 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Sally Kitchiner: "In farming, you have to make lots of sacrifices while taking up a huge amount of responsibility"

clock 23 July 2024 • 3 min read
Politics

James Evans - Welsh Conservatives: "Our Welsh Farming and Countryside Scheme marks a notable departure from the existing Sustainable Farming Scheme"

clock 22 July 2024 • 5 min read
Farm Business

From the editor: Like the weather, 'resilience' cannot be switched on overnight

clock 19 July 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - "Attempting to shear a wet sheep is akin to wrestling with a bar of soap"

In your field

In your field: Dan Jones - "Attempting to shear a wet sheep is akin to wrestling with a bar of soap"

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 18 July 2024 • 2 min read
Letters: Red Tractor interim chair apologises for auction mart remark

Blogs

Letters: Red Tractor interim chair apologises for auction mart remark

This week's letter from Red Tractor's Interim Chair Alistair Mackintosh

clock 17 July 2024 • 1 min read
Letters: Organic farming needs to up its game

Farm Business

Letters: Organic farming needs to up its game

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers

clock 17 July 2024 • 2 min read