Opinion and blogs

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

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

Environment
Phil Hambling
clock 21 March 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

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

clock 20 March 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

OPINION: "Open the farm gate, muddy the public's trainers and change how they see farming"

clock 19 March 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

From the editor: England's first Land Use Framework finally unveiled, but what does it mean for farmers?

clock 19 March 2026 • 2 min read
Tenancy

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Defra must deliver on its promises"

clock 18 March 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Alanna Cahoon - "My interest in the agri-food industry started long before I ever realised it"

clock 18 March 2026 • 7 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Amy Corfield: 'Farming is about resilience, responsibility and problem-solving'

clock 18 March 2026 • 2 min read
Letters: "Battersea's working cats are happiest in spacious, rural environments"

Farm Life

Letters: "Battersea's working cats are happiest in spacious, rural environments"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, London, is appealing for rural homes for its independent 'working cats', who thrive in spacious, free-roaming environments rather than traditional domestic settings

clock 17 March 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Kevin Hollinrake: "The energy transition should not become the accelerator pedal for hollowing out British farming"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Kevin Hollinrake: "The energy transition should not become the accelerator pedal for hollowing out British farming"

Conservative Party Chair Kevin Hollinrake writes on the launch of his campaign, 'Food Not Solar', to ensure that productive farmland is never used for solar infrastructure. Will you back his campaign?

clock 16 March 2026 • 4 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes – "This last month, I was fortunate to travel to South Africa to tour some fruit farms"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes – "This last month, I was fortunate to travel to South Africa to tour some fruit farms"

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

clock 16 March 2026 • 3 min read