Opinion and blogs

OPINION: Show season is right around the corner

OPINION: Show season is right around the corner

Livestock specialist, Katie Fallon looks ahead to the start of this year's show season

Livestock
Katie Fallon
clock 05 May 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "I preferred to be on the farm, ideally driving a tractor"

clock 05 May 2026 • 4 min read
Politics

Letters: "The Farm Welfare Bill is needed to put the UK's farmers in a financial position to continue putting food on your table"

clock 05 May 2026 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Nicola Wordie – "No matter how much you plan or prepare, farming has a way of reminding you who's really in control"

clock 04 May 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Roger Nicholson – "My love of old-fashioned farming is embodied in our commitment to save the Shire horse"

clock 03 May 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Matters - Graeme Hills: 'BPR is no longer an untouchable pillar'

clock 02 May 2026 • 4 min read
Farm Safety

Farming matters: Charlotte Dowson – "Agriculture continues to have one of the highest fatality rates of any UK industry"

clock 02 May 2026 • 3 min read
OPINION: Half the price, twice the warning. A lesson learned from New Zealand is that we must value marts

Livestock

OPINION: Half the price, twice the warning. A lesson learned from New Zealand is that we must value marts

Livestock specialist Ellie Layton shares her thoughts on why farmers should value livestock marts in a post-subsidy world.

clock 01 May 2026 • 3 min read
Road to regen: Silas Hedley-Lawrence - "You are what you eat, and so are your livestock"

Soil

Road to regen: Silas Hedley-Lawrence - "You are what you eat, and so are your livestock"

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

clock 01 May 2026 • 4 min read
OPINION: I'm not buying campaigns which undermine British farmers

Politics

OPINION: I'm not buying campaigns which undermine British farmers

Bad practices need to be called out in farming, but tarring all farms with the same brush is totally unacceptable

clock 01 May 2026 • 4 min read