Opinion and blogs

In your field: Nicola Wordie – "We have got about 570 ewes due to lamb within the first 10 days, so it's set to be a busy stretch on-farm"

In your field: Nicola Wordie – "We have got about 570 ewes due to lamb within the first 10 days, so it's set to be a busy stretch on-farm"

Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental-cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life

In your field
Nicola Wordie
clock 29 March 2026 • 3 min read
Blogs

Land use Framework: Calum Gillhespy - "Land use Framework is horrendously convoluted, inefficient and a missed opportunity"

clock 29 March 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

Farming Matters: John McArthur – "This is not livestock versus plant protein – it is about British farmers producing more of the food this country depends on"

clock 28 March 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: "I like to tell my non-farming friends that the cows will have a foot spa, hairdressers, Fitbits, disco lights and that you will be able to see us from space"

clock 28 March 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

OPINION: "The nation really does love its farmers"

clock 27 March 2026 • 1 min read
Farm Business

Road to regen: Silas Hedley-Lawrence: "Farmers thrive off of connecting with other farmers, even if they hold different perspectives"

clock 27 March 2026 • 3 min read
Rural crime

OPINION: "Highly organised criminals continue to profit from the misery of hardworking farming families"

clock 26 March 2026 • 1 min read
From the editor: Recognising the role of farming as part of our national security

Politics

From the editor: Recognising the role of farming as part of our national security

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 26 March 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus – Sarah Tobin: "After leaving the dairy, I focused on my love for sheep"

Young Farmer Focus

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

clock 25 March 2026 • 4 min read
Rural education matters: Olivia Shave - "There is a genuine appetite to reconnect young people with the land"

Education

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

Olivia Shave is the founder of farming education campaign Soil Ed, which aims to get sustainability, farming and food onto the national curriculum. Over the last two years, the campaign has gained cross-party support and multiple high-profile ambassadors

clock 24 March 2026 • 1 min read