Opinion and blogs

OPINION: Do you communicate like a monkey, lion, dolphin… or elephant?

OPINION: Do you communicate like a monkey, lion, dolphin… or elephant?

Head of arable Ash Ellwood shares one of her key takeaway messages from the Cultivate rural leadership conference that took place on April 29

Blogs
Ashleigh Ellwood
clock 30 April 2026 • 2 min read
Blogs

OPINION: Our land matters - Westminster must consider the human consequences of this continued land grab

clock 30 April 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: "I realised our own robotic system made us vulnerable to hackers"

clock 30 April 2026 • 4 min read
Shows & Sales

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

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 Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Calving has been going relatively well this spring without too many issues"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Calving has been going relatively well this spring without too many issues"

Ifan Roberts is a new entrant who has established a contract farming agreement milking 500 block calving cows in Cheshire, and is aiming to improve the land farmed, encourage others to participate in the industry and deliver attractive returns to his stakeholders

clock 28 April 2026 • 4 min read
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"

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"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Terry Breverton, Penarth, argues that large-scale renewable energy development in Wales is economically and environmentally damaging, while doing little to influence global emissions

clock 28 April 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: I took some farmers into my local school and saw the children come alive

Education

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

Digital editor Emily Ashworth took two farmers into her local school, and found that when given the chance, children can really thrive when it comes to learning about farming

clock 27 April 2026 • 2 min read