Opinion and blogs
2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"
British agriculture was rocked to the core 25 years ago by the foot-and-mouth crisis. Have lessons been learnt at a time when the UK food supply chain is being compromised by illegal meat and cheap food imports?
19 February 2026
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Young Farmer Focus - Milly Denning: "Buying British should mean so much more"
18 February 2026
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2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "For some, the battle was too much"
17 February 2026
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Letters: "Supporting farmers is about much more than just a weekly shop"
17 February 2026
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2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "I do not want to see that happen again in my lifetime"
16 February 2026
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2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Farming in the UK is under real pressure"
16 February 2026
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In your field
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 is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
16 February 2026
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In your field
Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland
15 February 2026
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Rural crime
This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Danny Chambers, vet and Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester
14 February 2026
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3 min read