Opinion and blogs
Farming matters: Tom Clarke - 'The best defence for farming is to stop being defensive'
Let me tell you a story. It is old and has been retold many times.
11 October 2021
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3 min read
Farming Matters: Owen Paterson - 'We must allow gene editing to lead us into the future'
05 October 2021
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3 min read
In your field: Rachel Coates - 'Only a Jersey would get herself stuck in a bog'
05 October 2021
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2 min read
In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'Genetic diversity for a flock of animals is a good thing'
05 October 2021
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3 min read
Farming matters: Hefin Jones - 'There needs to be a balanced approach to tree planting'
29 September 2021
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3 min read
In your field: Ian Garnett - 'With fertiliser prices rising, the spare lagoon will be valuable'
28 September 2021
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2 min read
In your field: Kate Beavan - 'I cut the ribbon on a new rural support centre'
28 September 2021
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2 min read
Farm Life
So after the longest of waits harvest 2021 is nearly complete here in the soggy North West and with it came its many stresses. However, I find none as stressful as trying to move the combine down the road.
21 September 2021
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2 min read
Farm Life
It is that time of year again when the weather person on TV talks about increasingly autumnal conditions and you know summer is nearly over. That said, it has been a lovely spell, allowing us to get second cut silage and arable silage cut and baled with little stress.
19 September 2021
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3 min read
Farm Life
As a farmer who took part in the UK Government’s genetically modified (GM) crop farm-scale evaluation trials 20 years ago, and as a passionate advocate of the importance of genetic innovation to healthier and more sustainable food production, I read your article ‘The term ‘gene editing’ is confusing consumers’ (FG, July 26) with an uneasy sense of deja vu and a concern that we must learn from past mistakes.
15 September 2021
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3 min read