Opinion and blogs

Letters: "Supporting farmers is about much more than just a weekly shop"

Letters: "Supporting farmers is about much more than just a weekly shop"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Coun Alastair Redman, Argyll and Bute, encourages people to support local farmers and producers by highlighting the economic, environmental, and community benefits of buying local food

Farm Life
Coun Alastair Redman
clock 17 February 2026 • 1 min read
Farm Life

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "I do not want to see that happen again in my lifetime"

clock 16 February 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Farming in the UK is under real pressure"

clock 16 February 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson – "My granddaughter loves all things farming – it really is a very special upbringing on a farm"

clock 16 February 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell – "We still look back on the monitor farm experience as a catalyst for the positive growth of our business"

clock 15 February 2026 • 3 min read
Rural crime

Farming Matters: Danny Chambers – "It is time we got a grip on meat smuggling to protect British farming and the public"

clock 14 February 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Sir Alec Shelbrooke: "It is the sense of community that softens the stresses and strains of rural life"

clock 13 February 2026 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan - "Good fences are a farmer's dream"

Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan - "Good fences are a farmer's dream"

In the second of a three-month exclusive column for Farmers Guardian, Clarkson's Farm star Harriet Cowan talks about coming full-circle back to farming and how the industry is part of who she is

clock 13 February 2026 • 4 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "The relationship between this Government and the countryside is broken"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "The relationship between this Government and the countryside is broken"

Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Akins said Defra quangos and regulators need to either be scrapped or streamlined because at present, they do not serve the best interests of farmers, the countryside and the country as a whole

clock 12 February 2026 • 3 min read
From the editor: As an industry we must do better when it comes to mental health

Blogs

From the editor: As an industry we must do better when it comes to mental health

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 12 February 2026 • 2 min read