Opinion and blogs

EXCLUSIVE - Caroline Voaden: "Dairy farmers do not need another passive body; they need an adjudicator with teeth"

EXCLUSIVE - Caroline Voaden: "Dairy farmers do not need another passive body; they need an adjudicator with teeth"

South Devon MP Caroline Voaden writes for Farmers Guardian on milk price volatility, dairy farmers who feel undercut by one-sided contracts, and an industry-wide need for a regulator which can stand up for British farmers

Politics
Caroline Voaden
clock 01 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Alan Carter: "I arrived in less than 10 minutes from leaving the milking parlour, so had the genuine farmer look, and possibly smell"

clock 01 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes: "The target is to pack 140,000 strawberry plants a day, and this year I'm optimistic"

clock 30 November 2025 • 3 min read
Arable

Farming Matters – Simon Jeffery & Lizzie Lloyd: "Soils are key to future of farming"

clock 29 November 2025 • 3 min read
Farm Business

Road to regen: Farming labels hold us back. Regen, organic, conventional - use the tools you have to improve your business

clock 28 November 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

Farmers make sure their voices are heard in London

clock 27 November 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus: Jon Watt - "'Many counties no longer have an abattoir at all"

clock 26 November 2025 • 3 min read
Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave - "Embed farming, food and sustainability across subjects, not as a standalone topic"

Young Farmers and Careers

Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave - "Embed farming, food and sustainability across subjects, not as a standalone topic"

Olivia Shave, founder of Eco Ewe and campaigner for food and farming education in schools, explains why embedding these topics onto the national curriculum is essential for public health, the environment and future generations

clock 26 November 2025 • 4 min read
Crop walk with Simon Nelson - 'Making the best of benign conditions'

Arable

Crop walk with Simon Nelson - 'Making the best of benign conditions'

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

clock 25 November 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "New QMS assurance standards are the most practical and farmer-focused in decades"

Livestock

Letters: "New QMS assurance standards are the most practical and farmer-focused in decades"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Nial Jeffrey, chair of the Quality Meat Scotland Standards Setting Body and cattle and sheep farmer, discusses the latest updates to the QMS Cattle and Sheep Assurance Standards

clock 25 November 2025 • 2 min read