Opinion and blogs

In your field - Emma Robinson: "I met with our Labour MP to discuss this very poorly thought-out Inheritance Tax policy"

In your field - Emma Robinson: "I met with our Labour MP to discuss this very poorly thought-out Inheritance Tax policy"

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 is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

In your field
Emma Robinson
clock 04 October 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: 'Farmers must be at the heart of trade policy'

clock 03 October 2025 • 4 min read
Agronomy

Daryl Shailes talking roots: "Potato yields have held up on all but the lightest of soils"

clock 02 October 2025 • 3 min read
Dairy

From the editor: "Dairy farmers face the perfect storm as milk prices tumble"

clock 02 October 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

OPINION: Labour members left confused by Trailer of Truth

clock 01 October 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Gethin Lewis: "Always ask for help and advice, as every day is a school day"

clock 01 October 2025 • 2 min read
Climate Change

Letters: "We estimated that cattle and sheep numbers may fall by 19% by 2033"

clock 30 September 2025 • 2 min read
In your field - Kate Rowell: "On a truly mixed farm like ours... the strength is adapting each year"

In your field

In your field - Kate Rowell: "On a truly mixed farm like ours... the strength is adapting each year"

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 29 September 2025 • 3 min read
In your field - Amy Wilkinson: "Sometimes life doesn't work out the way we want it to — and our farm was sold"

In your field

In your field - Amy Wilkinson: "Sometimes life doesn't work out the way we want it to — and our farm was sold"

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

clock 28 September 2025 • 3 min read
OPINION: Labour Party Conference - "10 months of UK-wide protests and petitions have failed to force a rethink on the family farm tax"

Politics

OPINION: Labour Party Conference - "10 months of UK-wide protests and petitions have failed to force a rethink on the family farm tax"

Ahead of the Labour Party Conference, head of news and business Jane Thynne looks back at the party's promises from last year's event

clock 27 September 2025 • 2 min read