Opinion and blogs

Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: "I realised our own robotic system made us vulnerable to hackers"

Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: "I realised our own robotic system made us vulnerable to hackers"

Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devton, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cow via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres

Dairy
Dairy Farmer
clock 30 April 2026 • 4 min read
Shows & Sales

OPINION: Auction marts give farmers flexibility on when they buy and sell

clock 29 April 2026 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Daniel Blacker: "Legislation has been a consistent roadblock"

clock 29 April 2026 • 3 min read
Machinery

OPINION: A wet winter and drier summers make for more cropping caution

clock 28 April 2026 • 1 min read
Livestock

OPINION: I feel 'silly season' may be about to begin

clock 28 April 2026 • 1 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Calving has been going relatively well this spring without too many issues"

clock 28 April 2026 • 4 min read
Energy

Letters: "One would imagine that 'climate change' would be a peripheral area in any Welsh Gov budget. But for years it has been the fourth biggest expenditure"

clock 28 April 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: I took some farmers into my local school and saw the children come alive

Education

OPINION: I took some farmers into my local school and saw the children come alive

Digital editor Emily Ashworth took two farmers into her local school, and found that when given the chance, children can really thrive when it comes to learning about farming

clock 27 April 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: Are we breeding out stockmanship from the next generation?

Livestock

OPINION: Are we breeding out stockmanship from the next generation?

Livestock specialist Ellie Layton shares her thoughts on why nurturing the next generation of stockperson is so valuable for the future of livestock farming to thrive

clock 27 April 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson – "It has been very inspiring to offer two students experience on-farm"

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson – "It has been very inspiring to offer two students experience on-farm"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is chair of RABI Monmouthshire and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 27 April 2026 • 3 min read