Opinion and blogs

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

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

As LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) encourages farmers to open their gates for Open Farm Sunday on June 7, Farmers Guardian's editorial director Olivia Midgley reflects on the quiet but powerful influence such encounters can have on the public

Farm Life
Olivia Midgley
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
Tenancy

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

clock 18 March 2026 • 3 min read
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"

clock 18 March 2026 • 7 min read
Young Farmer Focus

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

clock 18 March 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Letters: "Battersea's working cats are happiest in spacious, rural environments"

clock 17 March 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Kevin Hollinrake: "The energy transition should not become the accelerator pedal for hollowing out British farming"

clock 16 March 2026 • 4 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes – "This last month, I was fortunate to travel to South Africa to tour some fruit farms"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes – "This last month, I was fortunate to travel to South Africa to tour some fruit farms"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 16 March 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: Alan Carter – "Calf prices still seem very good, which shows there must be confidence in beef production"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter – "Calf prices still seem very good, which shows there must be confidence in beef production"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162-hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 15 March 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: David Lindars – "Livestock markets, abattoirs and butcher's shops have all disappeared in large numbers"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: David Lindars – "Livestock markets, abattoirs and butcher's shops have all disappeared in large numbers"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: David Lindars, technical operations director at the British Meat Processors Association

clock 14 March 2026 • 4 min read