Opinion and blogs

OPINION: Designing the perfect farmyard - easier said than done

OPINION: Designing the perfect farmyard - easier said than done

Head of arable Ash Ellwood lives on a farm in Cheshire, where she and her husband, Will, have recently begun rearing beef calves, diversified into equine livery, and purchased 12 pedigree breeding ewes

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Ashleigh Ellwood
clock 15 April 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Tom Garlic: "Competitions give you confidence and a push"

clock 15 April 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

Welsh Election 2026 - Samuel Kurtz: "We believe farming needs a friend and farmers in Wales will always have that friend in us"

clock 15 April 2026 • 4 min read
Livestock

OPINION: My trip to Ireland – grass envy, good Guinness and farmer support

clock 14 April 2026 • 2 min read
Machinery

OPINION: A pivotal perspective change needed for farming's future success

clock 14 April 2026 • 1 min read
Arable

Letters: "Calling all growers: Your input is vital for early insight into the UK's 2026 harvest"

clock 14 April 2026 • 1 min read
Livestock

OPINION: Stockjudging is a key part of YFC

clock 13 April 2026 • 1 min read
OPINION: New entrant or fifth generation – why is the farming education conversation so divisive?

Education

OPINION: New entrant or fifth generation – why is the farming education conversation so divisive?

Why should people be excluded from the farming industry? This week digital editor Emily Ashworth talks about the need for constructive conversation about education and careers

clock 13 April 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on IHT: 'Gov could have used a consultation to pause for thought about its moral responsibility towards the elderly and terminally ill'

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on IHT: 'Gov could have used a consultation to pause for thought about its moral responsibility towards the elderly and terminally ill'

George Dunn, TFA chief executive, reflects on last months' family farm tax Judicial Review and says the Government, whether legally obliged or not, would have been better consulting with the industry before making changes to IHT

clock 13 April 2026 • 4 min read
In your field: James Wright - "We lose 24 years of official TB-free status"

Blogs

In your field: James Wright - "We lose 24 years of official TB-free status"

James, along with his wife Isobel and their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as UK country manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

clock 13 April 2026 • 2 min read