Opinion and blogs

Good Evans: "It's not that I'm anti-tree, but I would just pick and choose where they went"

Good Evans: "It's not that I'm anti-tree, but I would just pick and choose where they went"

This month, Roger Evans discusses the situation in rural communities, delves into the world of politics and recounts a tale about rats and chainsaws

Dairy
Dairy Farmer
clock 22 March 2024 • 5 min read
Weather

From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

clock 21 March 2024 • 2 min read
Farm Business

Young Welsh new entrant couple say 'blanket treating' farms shows lack of understanding from Welsh Government

clock 20 March 2024 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Thomas Saunders: "Dispelling myths about British agriculture is important to me"

clock 20 March 2024 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "A wet but positive start to spring calving"

clock 17 March 2024 • 3 min read
Farm Life

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Nothing makes you fly like pure adrenaline on arriving to find most of our big bullocks out and making a break for it down the road"

clock 17 March 2024 • 3 min read
Blogs

Harry Greenfield: "Farmers can't be expected to tackle the climate and nature crisis on their own"

clock 15 March 2024 • 4 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell - Succession Planning: "Fair is not always the same as equal, which might well become our mantra"

Farm Life

In your field: Kate Rowell - Succession Planning: "Fair is not always the same as equal, which might well become our mantra"

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

clock 14 March 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: "Supermarkets should leave warm words on the shelf and put them into action"

Blogs

From the editor: "Supermarkets should leave warm words on the shelf and put them into action"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 14)

clock 14 March 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "The children asked some great questions"

Farm Life

In your field: Alan Carter - "The children asked some great questions"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 13 March 2024 • 3 min read