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From the editor: As an industry we must do better when it comes to mental health

From the editor: As an industry we must do better when it comes to mental health

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

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Katie Jones
Katie Jones
clock 12 February 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "If we support locally produced food, we will import less"

clock 11 February 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Tori Squire: "Farming has shaped everything I know about responsibility"

clock 11 February 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Hamish Landale - "You don't need generations of farming behind you to find your place in the industry"

clock 10 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Business

Letters: "Delaying difficult decisions is no longer an option for farming"

clock 10 February 2026 • 2 min read
Mental Health

Letters: Mind Your Head Week – 'Talking is a sign of strength, not weakness'

clock 10 February 2026 • 3 min read
Mental Health

EXCLUSIVE - John Milne on Mind Your Head Week: "We must value the well-being of the people at the heart of our rural communities"

clock 09 February 2026 • 4 min read
In your field: Alan Carter – "I was scared. I have never seen weather like it and having that close a call with a flying roof does make you think about your life"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter – "I was scared. I have never seen weather like it and having that close a call with a flying roof does make you think about your life"

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 09 February 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes – "My brain starts to hurt at this point, so I'm thankful for good records, both on-farm and at the stores"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes – "My brain starts to hurt at this point, so I'm thankful for good records, both on-farm and at the stores"

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 08 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters – Joshua Hoopes: "'If UK food production is to remain resilient, confidence has to be rebuilt at farm level"

Farm Business

Farming Matters – Joshua Hoopes: "'If UK food production is to remain resilient, confidence has to be rebuilt at farm level"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Joshua Hoopes, chief executive of Fevara

clock 07 February 2026 • 3 min read