Opinion and blogs

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

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

Hereford farmer, Tom Garlic farms 1800 breeding ewes and finishes 2500 store lambs a year. He reflects on his time spent entering competitions, giving him the confidence to push for improvement

Young Farmer Focus
Mia Willemsen
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
Education

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

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
In your field: Dan Jones - "Like any sensible farmer, I've been doing some cattle window shopping"

Blogs

In your field: Dan Jones - "Like any sensible farmer, I've been doing some cattle window shopping"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme on the North Wales coast near Llandudno

clock 12 April 2026 • 3 min read