Opinion and blogs

Mental Health Awareness Week: "Poor mental health in Welsh farming is one of the most urgent challenges we face"

Mental Health Awareness Week: "Poor mental health in Welsh farming is one of the most urgent challenges we face"

Caerfyrddin MP Ann Davies writes on why farmers must open up and talk about mental health

Mental Health
Ann Davies
clock 12 May 2026 • 3 min read
Livestock

OPINION: This month's weather is important for grass and grouse

clock 12 May 2026 • 2 min read
Machinery

OPINION: AI – farming's friend or foe?

clock 12 May 2026 • 2 min read
Sheep

Letters: "Like all sheep farmers, we look forward to wool's resurrection again"

clock 12 May 2026 • 3 min read
Education

OPINION: Avoiding the diversity conversation holds farming back

clock 11 May 2026 • 2 min read
Livestock

OPINION: "Different kit, same chaos – farming in the 1980s sounds a lot like farming today"

clock 11 May 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

"It's encouraging to see more female entrants coming into ag colleges and joining us on farm"

clock 11 May 2026 • 3 min read
"We've had the latest turnout I've seen in the five years I've been running the estate"

Dairy

"We've had the latest turnout I've seen in the five years I've been running the estate"

Dairy Talk columnist Ben Yates on the impact of a wet start to the year, tree planting, spring tasks and rugby

clock 10 May 2026 • 3 min read
"We couldn't farm here at Strickley were it not for hedges"

In your field

"We couldn't farm here at Strickley were it not for hedges"

FG columnist and Cumbrian dairy farmer James Robinson on the importance of hedges and diversity in farming

clock 10 May 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters – Jane Craigie: 'Rural areas are anything but uniform'

Politics

Farming Matters – Jane Craigie: 'Rural areas are anything but uniform'

Communications consultant Jane Craigie discusses the outcomes of the OECD's Rural Policy Review of Ireland 2026 and draws comparisons with the Scottish rural sector

clock 09 May 2026 • 4 min read