Opinion and blogs

EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: 'British farmers face an unfair fight. We want to level the playing field for them'

EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: 'British farmers face an unfair fight. We want to level the playing field for them'

Labour Rural Research Group member Maya Ellis writes on the group's Spring Push campaign on farming profitability, which calls for honest labelling on British produced food and stronger protections for farmers in trade deals

Politics
Maya Ellis
clock 03 April 2026 • 3 min read
Arable

Opinion: 'Are new genomic techniques quietly changing Europe's genetically modified crops politics?'

clock 03 April 2026 • 4 min read
Politics

Welsh Election 2026 - Darren Millar: 'Without farmers, there is no food security, no thriving rural economy, and no future'

clock 03 April 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Louise Summerson – "My passion for agriculture has been instilled in me from a young age"

clock 02 April 2026 • 5 min read
Politics

From the editor: More worrying news for dairy farmers

clock 02 April 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

Scottish Election 2026 - Claire McLaren: 'We will give farmers the confidence and certainty they need'

clock 02 April 2026 • 3 min read
Blogs

OPINION: Great British Wool Revival - "Wars, trade deals and royal marriages have been negotiated because of wool"

clock 01 April 2026 • 6 min read
Crop Walk with Simon Nelson: 'While the spring job list remains pretty long, there is time enough yet'

Arable

Crop Walk with Simon Nelson: 'While the spring job list remains pretty long, there is time enough yet'

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria and into south-west Scotland

clock 01 April 2026 • 2 min read
Iran war - Ann Davies: "For farmers, this goes beyond heating bills. When the prices rise, they directly threaten livelihoods"

Politics

Iran war - Ann Davies: "For farmers, this goes beyond heating bills. When the prices rise, they directly threaten livelihoods"

Caerfyrddin MP Ann Davies said rural communities cannot be an afterthought for Government as events in the Middle East start to affect farmers' living standards and their businesses

clock 01 April 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Marley Lamerton: "I fell in love with farming through Young Farmers"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Marley Lamerton: "I fell in love with farming through Young Farmers"

Cornwall Young Farmers' Club's general purpose chair Marley Lamerton writes on her passion for Young Farmers and why the sector can bring about change by coming together and making its voice heard

clock 01 April 2026 • 6 min read