Opinion and blogs

From the editor: Tide must turn for dairy producers

From the editor: Tide must turn for dairy producers

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Politics
Katie Jones
Katie Jones
clock 08 January 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Daisy Fossett: "We became the UK's first and only camel dairy"

clock 07 January 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

Letters: "When Government ignores its own dairy marketing rules"

clock 06 January 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "Decisions are being made without understanding the devastation they will cause to rural communities and the food supply chain"

clock 05 January 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Emma Cooney - "I grew up on a family-run dairy farm, but never planned on getting into ag"

clock 05 January 2026 • 4 min read
Politics

OPINION: Farming's future is with the family farm

clock 05 January 2026 • 1 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes – "We're farmers, things change, supermarkets buy imported apples in peak season, but we adapt, we have to"

clock 05 January 2026 • 2 min read
In your field: Alan Carter – "You can plan as much as you want, but the weather has the biggest effect on the farming year"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter – "You can plan as much as you want, but the weather has the biggest effect on the farming year"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 04 January 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Graham Harvey - "Driven by the belief there was a better way to farm"

Conferences

Farming Matters: Graham Harvey - "Driven by the belief there was a better way to farm"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Graham Harvey, co-founder of the Oxford Real Farming Conference

clock 03 January 2026 • 3 min read
NFU President Tom Bradshaw: 'I am proud to see farmers standing together'

Farm Life

NFU President Tom Bradshaw: 'I am proud to see farmers standing together'

As 2025 comes to a close, NFU President Tom Bradshaw reflects on the past 12 months and the farming sector’s future in the coming year.

clock 31 December 2025 • 4 min read