Opinion and blogs

In your field: Helen Stanier - "I always find it helpful and reassuring to share our challenges with others"

In your field: Helen Stanier - "I always find it helpful and reassuring to share our challenges with others"

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

In your field
Helen Stanier
clock 03 August 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "At least I can pretend that I know how to grow something other than grass"

clock 02 August 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: Trump and Starmer's press briefing sees Inheritance Tax brought to the fore

clock 31 July 2025 • 3 min read
Education

Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave – "Farming belongs in the classroom"

clock 31 July 2025 • 5 min read
Environment

EXCLUSIVE - Baroness Shaista Sheehan: "45% of fertiliser applied to land is being lost to the environment rather than being taken up by crops"

clock 31 July 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Peter Medler: "Children need to learn about food and farming from a young age"

clock 30 July 2025 • 3 min read
Farm Business

Farming Matters: "The sector is already struggling. This IHT legislation risks being the final straw for some"

clock 29 July 2025 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Sir Mark Spencer on IHT: "Young farmers are walking away from the sector"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Sir Mark Spencer on IHT: "Young farmers are walking away from the sector"

Former Farming Minister Sir Mark Spencer writes on why young people are walking away from a future in farming due to Inheritance Tax changes, and why farmers have been taken for granted

clock 29 July 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "Chris Packham's blaming of sheep for Dartmoor's environmental degradation is an oversimplification"

Environment

Letters: "Chris Packham's blaming of sheep for Dartmoor's environmental degradation is an oversimplification"

Christopher Price, Rare Breeds Survival Trust chief executive, discusses Chris Packham's comments that sheep are destroying precious British habitats, including large parts of Dartmoor

clock 29 July 2025 • 1 min read
EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on IHT: "We need flexibility for the very elderly or those with a terminal illness"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on IHT: "We need flexibility for the very elderly or those with a terminal illness"

TFA chief executive George Dunn writes for Farmers Guardian on what Government should do to change tack on Inheritance Tax changes

clock 28 July 2025 • 3 min read