Opinion and blogs

In your field: Kate Rowell – "It's definitely brought home to me just how much we rely on our family to get things done on-farm"

In your field: Kate Rowell – "It's definitely brought home to me just how much we rely on our family to get things done on-farm"

Kate 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

In your field
Kate Rowell
clock 23 March 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson – "We are not due to start lambing until March 25, but thanks to a neighbouring farm's ram lamb, we have started sooner. Good job we are not pedigree"

clock 22 March 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan - "Behind the tidy Instagram squares, there are 5am alarms, frozen pipes and vet bills that make your stomach drop"

clock 22 March 2026 • 4 min read
Environment

Farming Matters: Phil Hambling – "Public debate overlooks the quiet progress being made on livestock emissions"

clock 21 March 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

OPINION: Inheritance Tax consultation could have avoided 18 months of heartache

clock 20 March 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

OPINION: "Open the farm gate, muddy the public's trainers and change how they see farming"

clock 19 March 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

From the editor: England's first Land Use Framework finally unveiled, but what does it mean for farmers?

clock 19 March 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Defra must deliver on its promises"

Tenancy

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Defra must deliver on its promises"

Lynette Steel, TFA farm policy adviser, writes on why Defra Secretary Emma Reynolds must back up promises made at the NFU Conference by delivering delivering tangible and timely outcomes for farmers

clock 18 March 2026 • 3 min read
McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Alanna Cahoon - "My interest in the agri-food industry started long before I ever realised it"

Young Farmers and Careers

McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Alanna Cahoon - "My interest in the agri-food industry started long before I ever realised it"

Alanna Cahoon is a 20-year-old young farmer from the Glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland. She is part of the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer scheme

clock 18 March 2026 • 7 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Amy Corfield: 'Farming is about resilience, responsibility and problem-solving'

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Amy Corfield: 'Farming is about resilience, responsibility and problem-solving'

Herefordshire farmer Amy Corfield writes on how being rooted in farm life has helped to shape her resilience, teamwork, and initiative in communications

clock 18 March 2026 • 2 min read