Opinion and blogs

Road to Regen: Top tips to avoid overgrazing in the spring

Road to Regen: Top tips to avoid overgrazing in the spring

Silas Hedley-Lawrence is a farmer, coach and consultant with a decade of hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture. With a background rooted in both commercial and direct selling models, he champions lean, profitable farming systems that increase biodiversity and soil health. Silas is an Integrity Soils trained agroecological coach from the Yellowstone 2024 cohort

Farm Business
Silas hedley-Lawrence
clock 27 February 2026 • 6 min read
Blogs

OPINION: Does the betrayal over IHT mean partnership with Defra will never be possible?

clock 27 February 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

OPINION: Abby Allen - "If we want a sustainable future, it starts with education, and it starts with young"

clock 26 February 2026 • 1 min read
Farm Business

Was there a change in mood at this year's NFU Conference?

clock 26 February 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "It says little for the value of milk"

clock 26 February 2026 • 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Alys Beckett: "Traditional stereotypes are gradually changing, and people are beginning to realise that women are just as capable"

clock 25 February 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE - Mo Metcalf-Fisher: "Proposals represent a significant threat to the countryside and Britain's half a million shotgun certificate holders"

clock 24 February 2026 • 3 min read
Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

Beef

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

clock 24 February 2026 • 2 min read
View from the Rostrum – Andrew Clements: "Ultimately, the demand for dairy cows – albeit lessening – is still there"

Shows & Sales

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

Auctioneer and partner at GTH, Andrew Clements on dairy’s ups and downs

clock 23 February 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: Mind Your Head – Inheriting land and legacy, but breaking the silence

Mental Health

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

Farm Safety Foundation ambassador Poggy Murray Whitham explores how issues like isolation, legacy, identity and changing cultural attitudes are shaping a gradual shift toward greater openness and peer support in farming

clock 23 February 2026 • 11 min read