Opinion and blogs

In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'We saved the living room carpet from the flood water'

In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'We saved the living room carpet from the flood water'

Last year went out in a deluge of water as our little stream next to the farm turned into a raging torrent and burst its banks, flooding sheds, kennels, steading and almost the house.

Farm Life
Farmers Guardian
Farmers Guardian
clock 24 January 2023 • 3 min read
Farm Life

In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'We use blow torches for thawing pipes, not cooking creme brulees'

clock 23 January 2023 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Young Farmer Focus: Gwenllian Evans - 'Agriculture and farming is all I have ever known'

clock 22 January 2023 • 3 min read
Livestock

Good Evans: 'Whatever we have it will be a further sign of climate change'

clock 21 January 2023 • 4 min read
Livestock

Dairy matters: 'Such apathy renders supply management for milk a dead duck'

clock 19 January 2023 • 3 min read
Livestock

Dairy Talk: Gemma Smale Rowland - 'The grass left behind was a cattle farmer's worst nightmare, particularly when we know our feedstocks are tight for winter'

clock 18 January 2023 • 3 min read
Farm Life

In Your Field: Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood - 'What new entrants really need is access to land and capital'

clock 17 January 2023 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk: Tom Rawson - 'The weather, the food and the beer did not disappoint as we reflected on the last few years and caught our breath'

Livestock

Dairy Talk: Tom Rawson - 'The weather, the food and the beer did not disappoint as we reflected on the last few years and caught our breath'

Well that’s another year done, with the highlights being a record-breaking milk price and plenty of dry hot weather. The lowlights being huge cost inflation and the drought.

clock 16 January 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Mike Harris - 'The majority of the farm resembles a grassy swamp'

Livestock

In Your Field: Mike Harris - 'The majority of the farm resembles a grassy swamp'

clock 15 January 2023 • 3 min read
Leader: Farming's tribes are bonded by more than meets the eye

Farm Life

Leader: Farming's tribes are bonded by more than meets the eye

Farming’s different tribes have been back out in force over the past 10 days, with a range of events happening across the country under January’s leaden skies.

clock 14 January 2023 • 2 min read