Opinion and blogs

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Farming in the UK is under real pressure"

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Farming in the UK is under real pressure"

TFA policy adviser Lynette Steel writes on what farmers want from the Farming Roadmap, and how the Government can help to deliver postive change for the sector

Politics
Lynette Steel
clock 16 February 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson – "My granddaughter loves all things farming – it really is a very special upbringing on a farm"

clock 16 February 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell – "We still look back on the monitor farm experience as a catalyst for the positive growth of our business"

clock 15 February 2026 • 3 min read
Rural crime

Farming Matters: Danny Chambers – "It is time we got a grip on meat smuggling to protect British farming and the public"

clock 14 February 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Sir Alec Shelbrooke: "It is the sense of community that softens the stresses and strains of rural life"

clock 13 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan - "Good fences are a farmer's dream"

clock 13 February 2026 • 4 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "The relationship between this Government and the countryside is broken"

clock 12 February 2026 • 3 min read
From the editor: As an industry we must do better when it comes to mental health

Blogs

From the editor: As an industry we must do better when it comes to mental health

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 12 February 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "If we support locally produced food, we will import less"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "If we support locally produced food, we will import less"

Caerfyrddin MP Ann Davies writes on the unsustainable drop in dairy prices, farmers being treated as bargaining chips in trade deals, and why maintaining British farmers' high-quality food standards must be codified into law to stop lower welfare food from entering the UK

clock 11 February 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Tori Squire: "Farming has shaped everything I know about responsibility"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Tori Squire: "Farming has shaped everything I know about responsibility"

Tori Squire, 22, is a third-generation beef and sheep farmer from Newton Abbot in Devon

clock 11 February 2026 • 3 min read