Opinion and blogs

Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Baroness Shas Sheehan, Chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee

Rural crime
Baroness Shas Sheenan
clock 31 January 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

On US soil: 'US agriculture is not feeling we are being treated fairly'

clock 30 January 2026 • 4 min read
Politics

Letters - Distribution centre protester Mark Watler: "British farmers deserve better"

clock 30 January 2026 • 1 min read
Soil

The road to regen: "We should look to partner with the natural carbon cycle to get the real gains we want to see at farm level"

clock 30 January 2026 • 4 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum - Will Alexander: "The next lot was a silk nightie. 'Model it, Will,' they shouted"

clock 29 January 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: Judicial Review shows farmers' Inheritance Tax fight is not over

clock 29 January 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Caroline Voaden: "If we undermine British farming, we undermine our ability to feed the nation"

clock 29 January 2026 • 3 min read
OPINION: Getting farming into schools seems highly possible now - and it could fix numerous issues across society

Education

OPINION: Getting farming into schools seems highly possible now - and it could fix numerous issues across society

Farming and food education in schools is not an option but a necessity, says FG's digital editor Emily Ashworth. Here, she reflects on the education panel discussion at this year's LAMMA show

clock 28 January 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus – Lewis Thomas: "I am proud to give back to the people and places that supported me"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Lewis Thomas: "I am proud to give back to the people and places that supported me"

Lewis Thomas, 17, is owner of Chickwood Poultry. He is from Coed Cyw Fawr Farm in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire

clock 28 January 2026 • 2 min read
Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave – "If we want a future for farming, we have to teach it"

Young Farmers and Careers

Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave – "If we want a future for farming, we have to teach it"

Eco Ewe founder Olivia Shave on taking food and farming education from LAMMA to Westminster – and turning conversation into consequence

clock 27 January 2026 • 3 min read