Opinion and blogs

In Your Field: Jon Stanley - 'Home schooling at its best'

In Your Field: Jon Stanley - 'Home schooling at its best'

Sadly, the world has certainly changed beyond recognition from a month ago and, with coronavirus restrictions looking set to continue over summer, we seem to be living a very different life.

Livestock
Farmers Guardian
Farmers Guardian
clock 05 April 2020 • 3 min read
Livestock

Good Evans: I couldn't admit that really I was a farmer

clock 04 April 2020 • 4 min read
Farm Life

In Your Field: Tom Clarke - 'Potatoes destined for fish and chips could now be dumped'

clock 03 April 2020 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Farming Matters: Owen Paterson - 'The UK can rise to the great challenge of this century'

clock 29 March 2020 • 2 min read
Arable

In Your Field: Charles Bruce - 'My son has the same lack of patience as me'

clock 29 March 2020 • 2 min read
Livestock

In Your Field: Christine Ryder - 'The B&B is closed for the foreseeable future in these strange times'

clock 28 March 2020 • 2 min read
Livestock

In Your Field: Will Case - 'Writing for Farmers Guardian has given me some great experiences'

clock 21 March 2020 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Marie Prebble - 'I am doing a sheep shearing world record attempt'

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In Your Field: Marie Prebble - 'I am doing a sheep shearing world record attempt'

During turbulent times farmers are always grounded, with our feet firmly on the earth and rational thinking caps on.

clock 20 March 2020 • 1 min read
Youngstock: Strict colostrum protocol gives calves best start

Livestock

Youngstock: Strict colostrum protocol gives calves best start

Block calving 430 cows means a lot of calves have to be attended to all at once, and to ensure full attention a strict colostrum protocol has been adopted on one Welsh farm. Debbie James has the story.

clock 18 March 2020 • 5 min read
Good Evans: Front tractor bearings are a bit like my knees

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Good Evans: Front tractor bearings are a bit like my knees

This month, Roger Evans tells us about the current craze to emblazon tractors with the owner’s name, and why, in days gone by, he preferred to retain a certain amount of anonymity when it came to driving on the public highway.

clock 16 March 2020 • 4 min read