Opinion and blogs

Young Farmer Focus – Sarah Tobin: "After leaving the dairy, I focused on my love for sheep"

Young Farmer Focus – Sarah Tobin: "After leaving the dairy, I focused on my love for sheep"

Sheep farmer Sarah Tobin writes on her journey to becoming a next generation ambassador for the NSA

Young Farmer Focus
Sarah Tobin
clock 25 March 2026 • 4 min read
Education

Rural education matters: Olivia Shave - "There is a genuine appetite to reconnect young people with the land"

clock 24 March 2026 • 1 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Dan Burdett: "It does show how easy it would be for a serving season to go badly wrong"

clock 24 March 2026 • 3 min read
Animal Health

Letters: "It is not well known that the British Government was no longer in charge of policy on foot-and-mouth in 2001"

clock 24 March 2026 • 1 min read
Farm Life

OPINION: 'Price hikes can feel especially relentless'

clock 23 March 2026 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell – "It's definitely brought home to me just how much we rely on our family to get things done on-farm"

clock 23 March 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson – "We are not due to start lambing until March 25, but thanks to a neighbouring farm's ram lamb, we have started sooner. Good job we are not pedigree"

clock 22 March 2026 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan - "Behind the tidy Instagram squares, there are 5am alarms, frozen pipes and vet bills that make your stomach drop"

Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan - "Behind the tidy Instagram squares, there are 5am alarms, frozen pipes and vet bills that make your stomach drop"

In the last 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 22 March 2026 • 4 min read
Farming Matters: Phil Hambling – "Public debate overlooks the quiet progress being made on livestock emissions"

Environment

Farming Matters: Phil Hambling – "Public debate overlooks the quiet progress being made on livestock emissions"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Phil Hambling, director of agriculture and sustainable sourcing at ABP UK

clock 21 March 2026 • 3 min read
OPINION: Inheritance Tax consultation could have avoided 18 months of heartache

Politics

OPINION: Inheritance Tax consultation could have avoided 18 months of heartache

Deputy editor Alex Black reflects on this week's High Court case

clock 20 March 2026 • 2 min read