Opinion and blogs

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Alice Bothwell: "I have been exposed to a vast range of different practices allowing me to make my own decisions for my own flock"

clock 15 July 2024 • 2 min read
Farm Business

Letters: Red Tractor interim chair 'does not get it'

clock 15 July 2024 • 1 min read
In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier - 'At this point they decided that their midnight snacking wasn't over'

clock 12 July 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "It has been a welcome relief to have received several milk price increases through the spring"

clock 12 July 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "You could tell the financial state of dairy farming just by looking at these scraper tractors"

clock 12 July 2024 • 4 min read
Dairy

Dairy Matters: Phil Latham - "The heckling is over, it's time to deliver the promised change"

clock 12 July 2024 • 4 min read
From the editor: By joining the dots between food security, public investment and the national growth agenda the sector will gain confidence and thrive

Politics

From the editor: By joining the dots between food security, public investment and the national growth agenda the sector will gain confidence and thrive

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 11 July 2024 • 3 min read
Farming matters: Jenn Neill - 'We need to connect the next generation to farming and food'

Farm Life

Farming matters: Jenn Neill - 'We need to connect the next generation to farming and food'

'When facing a challenge, it is helpful to look back and review what happened at the start'

clock 10 July 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Kate Beavan - 'There is a way forward, but we all need to be part of the discussions'

In your field

In your field: Kate Beavan - 'There is a way forward, but we all need to be part of the discussions'

Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on their farm near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. She is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees.

clock 08 July 2024 • 2 min read