Opinion and blogs

EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: "I am serious about my passion for our farming communities"

EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: "I am serious about my passion for our farming communities"

Labour MP Maya Ellis writes on working with farmers to change Inheritance Tax thresholds prior to Christmas, and why collaboration is going to be crucial in the next decade of British farming

Politics
Maya Ellis
clock 03 February 2026 • 3 min read
Arable

Letters: "It's important to consider the consequences of glyphosate not being a tool in the box"

clock 03 February 2026 • 1 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Kevin Hollinrake: "Farmers should not have to feel forgotten as they often seem to be by this Government"

clock 02 February 2026 • 5 min read
In your field

In your field: James & Isobel Wright – "We had two inconclusives after being clear of bovine TB for over 20 years; I tempted fate"

clock 02 February 2026 • 2 min read
Conservation

In your field: Dan Jones – "What concerns me is when conservation grazing is spoken about as if farmers are simply service providers"

clock 01 February 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: 'A crash in milk price is not what we need'

clock 31 January 2026 • 4 min read
Rural crime

Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

clock 31 January 2026 • 3 min read
On US soil: 'US agriculture is not feeling we are being treated fairly'

Politics

On US soil: 'US agriculture is not feeling we are being treated fairly'

With the world’s focus on Donald Trump and US politics, how are American farmers feeling? One Ohio farmer gives his insight on the reality of the situation

clock 30 January 2026 • 4 min read
Letters - Distribution centre protester Mark Watler: "British farmers deserve better"

Politics

Letters - Distribution centre protester Mark Watler: "British farmers deserve better"

Mark Watler, a farmworker from Leicestershire, says farmer protests are about fairness as blockades outside distribution centres enter their fourth week

clock 30 January 2026 • 1 min read
The road to regen: "We should look to partner with the natural carbon cycle to get the real gains we want to see at farm level"

Soil

The road to regen: "We should look to partner with the natural carbon cycle to get the real gains we want to see at farm level"

Silas Hedley–Lawrence is a farmer, coach and consultant with a decade of hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture. With a background rooted in both commercial and direct selling models, he champions lean, profitable farming systems that increase biodiversity and soil health. Silas is an Integrity Soils trained agroecological coach from the Yellowstone 2024 cohort

clock 30 January 2026 • 4 min read