Opinion and blogs

Letters: "Our own human food supply is continuing to decline at an alarming rate"

Letters: "Our own human food supply is continuing to decline at an alarming rate"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Stephen Ramsden questions whether a recent BBC programme fairly represented the debate around lab-grown meat

Politics
Farmers Guardian
clock 07 April 2026 • 1 min read
Politics

Scottish Election 2026 - Jim Fairlie: "We cannot rely on Westminster to get it right for rural Scotland"

clock 06 April 2026 • 4 min read
Politics

What do the 2026 Inheritance Tax changes mean for farming families?

clock 06 April 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: James Robinson – "Everyone who has camped so far at Strickley has been incredibly respectful of the farm and its wildlife"

clock 06 April 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier – "It's been extremely encouraging to see so much of a buzz around increased consumer demand for whole milk"

clock 05 April 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "A conversation about JCBs can be quite disconcerting"

clock 05 April 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

Careers, community and opportunity: why farming is still the best career in the world

clock 04 April 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Emily Davies – "That's how the general public gets its information: through stories told in the media and online"

Education

Farming Matters: Emily Davies – "That's how the general public gets its information: through stories told in the media and online"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Emily Davies, chief operating officer of Just Farmers

clock 04 April 2026 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: 'British farmers face an unfair fight. We want to level the playing field for them'

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: 'British farmers face an unfair fight. We want to level the playing field for them'

Labour Rural Research Group member Maya Ellis writes on the group's Spring Push campaign on farming profitability, which calls for honest labelling on British produced food and stronger protections for farmers in trade deals

clock 03 April 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: 'Are new genomic techniques quietly changing Europe's genetically modified crops politics?'

Arable

Opinion: 'Are new genomic techniques quietly changing Europe's genetically modified crops politics?'

Graeme Taylor's opinion on the recent political agreement on New Genomic Techniques (NGT) and key 'watch outs' for farmers

clock 03 April 2026 • 4 min read