Opinion and blogs

65 years in farming: Gus Saunders - "Agriculture needs radical policy reassessment to halt decline"

65 years in farming: Gus Saunders - "Agriculture needs radical policy reassessment to halt decline"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Gus Saunders M.Sc. Welsh farmer and naturalist, looks back on his 65-year farming career

Farm Business
Farmers Guardian
clock 14 July 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Alan Carter - "When working with livestock it is best to not take things said during stressful moments too personally"

clock 13 July 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes - "This has to be the most crucial time for us in the propagation world"

clock 12 July 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

OPINION: The true value of farming goes far beyond economics

clock 11 July 2025 • 1 min read
Politics

From the editor: We want everyone to come home safe

clock 10 July 2025 • 2 min read
Education

EXCLUSIVE - Rachel Hallos: "Food and farming deserves a proper place in the school curriculum"

clock 10 July 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Sian Grove: "Our island landscape is forever changing"

clock 10 July 2025 • 2 min read
Get farming into schools: "A quiet revolution is happening across the UK's classrooms and farmyards"

Education

Get farming into schools: "A quiet revolution is happening across the UK's classrooms and farmyards"

Founder of Food, Farming, Education, Olivia Shave is calling for farming and nature to be at the heart of the curriculum

clock 08 July 2025 • 3 min read
Lack of communication shows farmers what Labour politicians really think

Blogs

Lack of communication shows farmers what Labour politicians really think

Following last month’s Spending Review, the silence around Government’s attitude to farming has been deafening, says Maddie Dunn, legal director at international law firm, Charles Russell Speechlys

clock 08 July 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: James Wright - "There may still be hope that the family farm tax, might yet be reversed"

In your field

In your field: James Wright - "There may still be hope that the family farm tax, might yet be reversed"

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm.

clock 06 July 2025 • 2 min read