Opinion and blogs

In your field: Dan Hawes – "We're farmers, things change, supermarkets buy imported apples in peak season, but we adapt, we have to"

In your field: Dan Hawes – "We're farmers, things change, supermarkets buy imported apples in peak season, but we adapt, we have to"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

In your field
Dan Hawes
clock 05 January 2026 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Alan Carter – "You can plan as much as you want, but the weather has the biggest effect on the farming year"

clock 04 January 2026 • 3 min read
Conferences

Farming Matters: Graham Harvey - "Driven by the belief there was a better way to farm"

clock 03 January 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

NFU President Tom Bradshaw: 'I am proud to see farmers standing together'

clock 31 December 2025 • 4 min read
Farm Life

Letters: "A poetical look back at the farming year"

clock 30 December 2025 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Jones – "Farming can take up so much space in your mind you forget what else you're capable of"

clock 29 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright – "Our farm has been clear of bovine TB for 23 years. Just after Christmas, we've got our annual bTB test"

clock 28 December 2025 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Brian Richardson – "Let's hope there are good returns for farmers in 2026"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: Brian Richardson – "Let's hope there are good returns for farmers in 2026"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Brian Richardson, head of agriculture, Virgin Money

clock 27 December 2025 • 3 min read
From the editor: Merry Christmas from us all at Farmers Guardian

Politics

From the editor: Merry Christmas from us all at Farmers Guardian

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 24 December 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Joss Naylor: 'Rural businesses need improved connectivity'

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Joss Naylor: 'Rural businesses need improved connectivity'

Joss Naylor, 19, is a young farmer from Glossop in the Derbyshire Peak District. He writes on why rural and farming communities need greater access to reliable and fast internet

clock 24 December 2025 • 6 min read