Opinion and blogs

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

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

Farmers Guardian livestock editor Angela Calvert highlights the importance of livestock markets ahead of the launch of this year’s Mart’s The Heart Awards

Shows & Sales
Angela Calvert
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
Education

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

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
In your field: Kate Rowell – "Jackdaws are an absolute pain in the neck with their attempts to build nests in the most ridiculous places around the farm"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell – "Jackdaws are an absolute pain in the neck with their attempts to build nests in the most ridiculous places around the farm"

Kate Rowell is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

clock 26 April 2026 • 3 min read