Opinion and blogs

EXCLUSIVE - Martin Lines: "We cannot keep demanding more food at lower prices and then acting surprised when pollution increases"

EXCLUSIVE - Martin Lines: "We cannot keep demanding more food at lower prices and then acting surprised when pollution increases"

The Nature Friendly Farming Network chief executive has written on the need to improve water quality in agriculture and why a food system which values environmental outcomes as much as yield is vitally important moving forward

Politics
Martin Lines
clock 11 August 2025 • 4 min read
In your field

In your field - Dan Jones: "I listened with growing unease to comments made by Eluned Morgan in the Senedd"

clock 10 August 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field - James Wright: "Our eldest, aged four, even tried working Tess, our dog. I might have to start planning my retirement"

clock 09 August 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Matters - Phil Christopher: "Focus mainly on things you control"

clock 08 August 2025 • 5 min read
Politics

From the editor: What real food security actually looks like

clock 07 August 2025 • 2 min read
Farm24

OPINION: #farm24 is a chance for farmers to be heard and to show the public what they deliver

clock 07 August 2025 • 1 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies on IHT: "Why are we being punished for wanting to hand our farm down?"

clock 06 August 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Tom Cantellow: "Farmers need to keep producing food to the highest standard"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Tom Cantellow: "Farmers need to keep producing food to the highest standard"

Harper Adams University student Tom Cantellow, from Ashbourne in Derbyshire, has written about why he wanted to study agriculture and why he is asking for help on the uptake of regenerative agriculture in farming

clock 06 August 2025 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Graham Miles: "This is a very stressful time for our farmers"

Mental Health

EXCLUSIVE - Graham Miles: "This is a very stressful time for our farmers"

Agricultural chaplain for Suffolk Graham Miles writes on mental health in farming, how issues surrounding political uncertainty have affected well-being, his letter to Sir Keir Starmer, and his relentless effort to support farmers 24-7

clock 05 August 2025 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Aphra Brandreth: "The devastation [farmers] feel is matched only by their frustration at the absence of reliable support"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Aphra Brandreth: "The devastation [farmers] feel is matched only by their frustration at the absence of reliable support"

Chester South and Eddisbury MP Aphra Brandreth writes for Farmers Guardian on the heartbreak of animal disease on-farm, such as bovine TB, and how years of hard work can be compromised by a single positive test

clock 04 August 2025 • 3 min read