Opinion and blogs

OPINION: Abby Allen - "If we want a sustainable future, it starts with education, and it starts with young"

OPINION: Abby Allen - "If we want a sustainable future, it starts with education, and it starts with young"

As an ambassador for Soil Ed, an education campaign that aims to get food and farming embedded onto the national curriculum, the subject is close to Abby's heart

Young Farmers and Careers
Emily Ashworth
clock 26 February 2026 • 1 min read
Farm Business

Was there a change in mood at this year's NFU Conference?

clock 26 February 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "It says little for the value of milk"

clock 26 February 2026 • 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Alys Beckett: "Traditional stereotypes are gradually changing, and people are beginning to realise that women are just as capable"

clock 25 February 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE - Mo Metcalf-Fisher: "Proposals represent a significant threat to the countryside and Britain's half a million shotgun certificate holders"

clock 24 February 2026 • 3 min read
Beef

Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

clock 24 February 2026 • 2 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum – Andrew Clements: "Ultimately, the demand for dairy cows – albeit lessening – is still there"

clock 23 February 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: Mind Your Head – Inheriting land and legacy, but breaking the silence

Mental Health

Opinion: Mind Your Head – Inheriting land and legacy, but breaking the silence

Farm Safety Foundation ambassador Poggy Murray Whitham explores how issues like isolation, legacy, identity and changing cultural attitudes are shaping a gradual shift toward greater openness and peer support in farming

clock 23 February 2026 • 11 min read
In your field: Nicola Wordie – "That's farming in 2026 so far: constant adaptation, measured risks and working with whatever the weather throws at us"

In your field

In your field: Nicola Wordie – "That's farming in 2026 so far: constant adaptation, measured risks and working with whatever the weather throws at us"

Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental-cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life

clock 23 February 2026 • 2 min read
In your field: Roger Nicholson – "I believe that the industrialisation of farming has removed a lot of the joy"

In your field

In your field: Roger Nicholson – "I believe that the industrialisation of farming has removed a lot of the joy"

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including Springtime on the Farm. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave, Robert and Richard and says he has no plans to retire just yet

clock 22 February 2026 • 3 min read