Opinion and blogs

Farming Matters: "The landscape is shifting - we have seen an influx of more women in the sector"

Farming Matters: "The landscape is shifting - we have seen an influx of more women in the sector"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Hannah Stackhouse, technical support manager at A B Nutrition and Sugarich and member of the Women in Feed committee

Farm Business
Hannah Stackhouse
clock 08 September 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field - James Robinson: "The best thing to happen this month was a letter to confirm we have returned to an 'officially tuberculosis free status'"

clock 07 September 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field - Emma Robinson: "He had been a farmer all his life and loved it and was still driving the combine into his late 80s"

clock 06 September 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Robbie Moore on the NFYFC grant: "The stories coming to me from YFC members are heartbreaking"

clock 05 September 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: Changing of the seasons a good time to reflect

clock 05 September 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "If we lose the land that feeds us, we lose far more than just fields"

clock 04 September 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Caitlan Senior: "Farming is more than a career"

clock 03 September 2025 • 2 min read
View from the Rostrum - Matthew Probert: "UK farmers are made of tough stuff and will not be beaten"

Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum - Matthew Probert: "UK farmers are made of tough stuff and will not be beaten"

Matthew Probert, principal auctioneer at North West Auctions, discusses pride in the farming industry

clock 02 September 2025 • 2 min read
In your field - Helen Stanier: "We could smell the smoke from the fires on Langdale Moor and our thoughts are with all the farmers and families affected"

In your field

In your field - Helen Stanier: "We could smell the smoke from the fires on Langdale Moor and our thoughts are with all the farmers and families affected"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

clock 01 September 2025 • 2 min read
In your field - Roger Nicholson: "I'm surprised the Government aren't incentivising farm businesses to grow and diversify"

In your field

In your field - Roger Nicholson: "I'm surprised the Government aren't incentivising farm businesses to grow and diversify"

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including 'Springtime on the Farm'. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave and Robert and says he has no plans to retire just yet

clock 31 August 2025 • 4 min read