Opinion and blogs

In your field: Emma Robinson – "We are not due to start lambing until March 25, but thanks to a neighbouring farm's ram lamb, we have started sooner. Good job we are not pedigree"

In your field: Emma Robinson – "We are not due to start lambing until March 25, but thanks to a neighbouring farm's ram lamb, we have started sooner. Good job we are not pedigree"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) and is chair of RABI Monmouthshire

In your field
Emma Robinson
clock 22 March 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan - "Behind the tidy Instagram squares, there are 5am alarms, frozen pipes and vet bills that make your stomach drop"

clock 22 March 2026 • 4 min read
Environment

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

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

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"

Alanna Cahoon is a 20-year-old young farmer from the Glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland. She is part of the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer scheme

clock 18 March 2026 • 7 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Amy Corfield: 'Farming is about resilience, responsibility and problem-solving'

Young Farmer Focus

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

Herefordshire farmer Amy Corfield writes on how being rooted in farm life has helped to shape her resilience, teamwork, and initiative in communications

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