Opinion and blogs

In your field: Nicola Wordie – "Snow is not unusual for us in north east Scotland, but the sheer volume made it challenging on-farm"

In your field: Nicola Wordie – "Snow is not unusual for us in north east Scotland, but the sheer volume made it challenging on-farm"

Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life

In your field
Nicola Wordie
clock 18 January 2026 • 3 min read
Blogs

OPINION: "Unsurprisingly, farming in Kenya is very different to UK systems, but despite this, there is still innovation, drive and the desire to succeed"

clock 17 January 2026 • 4 min read
Rural crime

Farming Matters: Tony Goodger – "It is time the PM acts to support farmers who live in fear of the balaclava-clad extremists who are coming to try to destroy their farms"

clock 17 January 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Tenant farmers are at risk of losing land to development, particularly large-scale solar projects"

clock 16 January 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Business

From the editor: LAMMA was the ultimate showcase of resilience and an industry driving change

clock 15 January 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Jamie Wyllie: "It is vital that we support home-grown production to bolster our food security"

clock 14 January 2026 • 4 min read
Farm Life

OPINION: Did the Oxford Real Farming Conference live up to its resilience theme?

clock 14 January 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Charlie York: "There's still a widespread, often unconscious, underappreciation of the food we eat and the farmers who produce it"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Charlie York: "There's still a widespread, often unconscious, underappreciation of the food we eat and the farmers who produce it"

Charlie York writes on his journey to studying agriculture and farm management at the Royal Agricultural University, and how, despite the challenges the industry faces, a career in farming can offer young and old a rewarding career path

clock 14 January 2026 • 3 min read
Letters: "Together, we have helped protect the future of many family farms"

Politics

Letters: "Together, we have helped protect the future of many family farms"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Tom Bradshaw, NFU president, discusses the successful campaign to change proposed Inheritance Tax rules affecting family farms

clock 13 January 2026 • 1 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson - "In farming, we have the joy of bringing calves into the world, but also have challenges when things go wrong"

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson - "In farming, we have the joy of bringing calves into the world, but also have challenges when things go wrong"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 12 January 2026 • 3 min read