Opinion and blogs

Dog handler focus: Cathy Cassie - "I am a shepherd before I am a trial trainer"

Dog handler focus: Cathy Cassie - "I am a shepherd before I am a trial trainer"

Cumbria based, Cathy Cassie, is a contact shepherd, and has not let being born without connections to agriculture limit her drive.

Livestock
Ellie Layton
clock 20 January 2026 • 5 min read
Politics

Letters: "If Gov policies are not in the interests of the farming community, the country, the economy or food security, just who is benefiting?"

clock 20 January 2026 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Roger Nicholson – "In placing this threshold on farm value, they have actively disincentivised ambitious farmers from growing their business"

clock 19 January 2026 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Nicola Wordie – "Snow is not unusual for us in north east Scotland, but the sheer volume made it challenging on-farm"

clock 18 January 2026 • 3 min read
Blogs

OPINION: "Unsurprisingly, farming in Kenya is very different to UK systems, but despite this, there is still innovation, drive and the desire to succeed"

clock 17 January 2026 • 4 min read
Rural crime

Farming Matters: Tony Goodger – "It is time the PM acts to support farmers who live in fear of the balaclava-clad extremists who are coming to try to destroy their farms"

clock 17 January 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Tenant farmers are at risk of losing land to development, particularly large-scale solar projects"

clock 16 January 2026 • 2 min read
From the editor: LAMMA was the ultimate showcase of resilience and an industry driving change

Farm Business

From the editor: LAMMA was the ultimate showcase of resilience and an industry driving change

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 15 January 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Jamie Wyllie: "It is vital that we support home-grown production to bolster our food security"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Jamie Wyllie: "It is vital that we support home-grown production to bolster our food security"

It has been a challenging start to the year for pig farmers, and producers have called on retailers and Scottish Government to support Scotland's pork sector instead of choosing imports from abroad

clock 14 January 2026 • 4 min read
OPINION: Did the Oxford Real Farming Conference live up to its resilience theme?

Farm Life

OPINION: Did the Oxford Real Farming Conference live up to its resilience theme?

Reporter Mia Willemsen says the conference was packed full of positivity and optimism

clock 14 January 2026 • 3 min read