Opinion and blogs

Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Philip Morgan, Powys, reflects on the transformation of UK beef breeding over the past 50 years

Beef
Philip Morgan
clock 24 February 2026 • 2 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum – Andrew Clements: "Ultimately, the demand for dairy cows – albeit lessening – is still there"

clock 23 February 2026 • 3 min read
Mental Health

Opinion: Mind Your Head – Inheriting land and legacy, but breaking the silence

clock 23 February 2026 • 11 min read
In your field

In your field: Nicola Wordie – "That's farming in 2026 so far: constant adaptation, measured risks and working with whatever the weather throws at us"

clock 23 February 2026 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Roger Nicholson – "I believe that the industrialisation of farming has removed a lot of the joy"

clock 22 February 2026 • 3 min read
Education

Farming Matters – Jill Attenborough: "Does one day on a farm really make a difference to disadvantaged children? Yes. These hours are transformative"

clock 21 February 2026 • 3 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum - Russell Steer: "With numbers looking tight, there has never been a better time to market your stock"

clock 20 February 2026 • 3 min read
NZ Vet's View - Rory Dean: "Some farmers have seen a drop in pasture quality"

Dairy

NZ Vet's View - Rory Dean: "Some farmers have seen a drop in pasture quality"

This month, New Zealand vet, Rory Dean discusses the silage season, an increase in spending at some of his farms, and his sporting endeavours

clock 20 February 2026 • 5 min read
2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"

Farm Life

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?

clock 19 February 2026 • 2 min read
2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "Infectious diseases do not respect borders or species barriers, and we ignore this at our peril"

Farm Life

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "Infectious diseases do not respect borders or species barriers, and we ignore this at our peril"

Before his career in politics, Epping Forest MP Dr Neil Hudson was a veterinary inspector who was on the frontline of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2001. Dr Hudson remembers the once bustling farms which became empty, the impact it had on the sector's mental health, and why the current Government should never take the UK's national biosecurity for granted

clock 18 February 2026 • 3 min read