Opinion and blogs

Young Farmer Focus - Matthew Rollason: "As British farmers, we should remain fiercely proud of the food we produce"

Young Farmer Focus - Matthew Rollason: "As British farmers, we should remain fiercely proud of the food we produce"

Matthew Rollason, 27, is a beef farmer from Great Harwood in Lancashire. He is also an agriculture manager at Dunbia

Young Farmer Focus
Chris Brayford
Chris Brayford
clock 11 April 2024 • 3 min read
Blogs

Farming matters: Wayne Copp - "We must robustly certify farm systems using regen claim"

clock 09 April 2024 • 3 min read
Blogs

Dietician Dr Carrie Ruxton: Should I still eat red meat?

clock 09 April 2024 • 4 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Jones on his Nuffield Farming Scholarship - "The sweltering heat and humidity were relentless"

clock 06 April 2024 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "To finally buy our own farm after a decade is a dream come true"

clock 05 April 2024 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Molly Mead: "We have lost 12 animals to bovine TB"

clock 05 April 2024 • 2 min read
Blogs

From the editor: Olivia Midgley - "Mixed farming approach is surely the most sensible path"

clock 04 April 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier - "They are rivals on and off the show field it seems"

In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier - "They are rivals on and off the show field it seems"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

clock 04 April 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: James Robinson - "Getting into nature has been a way to clear my head of the bovine TB worry"

In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "Getting into nature has been a way to clear my head of the bovine TB worry"

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 04 April 2024 • 2 min read
Farming matters: Ian Rickman - "We need to see change in Welsh agricultural policy"

Politics

Farming matters: Ian Rickman - "We need to see change in Welsh agricultural policy"

As a glass-half-full person, I am hopeful that the new Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, will bring with him new insight, new vigour and new ideas

clock 03 April 2024 • 3 min read