Opinion and blogs

Letters: "Strong biosecurity must be the norm, not just a reaction to crises"

Letters: "Strong biosecurity must be the norm, not just a reaction to crises"

Nigel Bennet, livestock area manager, Northern Europe, Roam Technology, reflects on the growing risk to UK agriculture due to inadequate biosecurity, weak border controls and a shrinking veterinary workforce

Livestock
Farmers Guardian
clock 20 March 2025 • 2 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum – Alastair Sneddon: Values up massively on 2024

clock 19 March 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Kirsty Leigh: "There is a place for a Beef Shorthorn in any farming enterprise"

clock 19 March 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

Letters: "Government is removing the tools to deliver the positive outcomes farmers have worked so hard to create"

clock 18 March 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

Martin Lines: "The closure of SFI has highlighted just how fragile the current system is"

clock 17 March 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

Ed Dungait: "Is this Labour Government deliberately attempting to destroy farming businesses to free up land for other uses?"

clock 17 March 2025 • 5 min read
Politics

OPINION: 'Broken promises, increased taxation, plugging support schemes and empty words have pushed farmers to breaking point'

clock 16 March 2025 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Ben Aveling - "It's time farmers are paid fairly, as this is truly the only way to save British farms, especially if the Inheritance Tax holds firm"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: Ben Aveling - "It's time farmers are paid fairly, as this is truly the only way to save British farms, especially if the Inheritance Tax holds firm"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Farmer and meat retailer from Towcester, Northamptonshire - Ben Aveling

clock 15 March 2025 • 4 min read
View from the rostrum: Adam Grieve – A new era for the cattle trade

Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum: Adam Grieve – A new era for the cattle trade

Adam Grieve, senior auctioneer at St Boswells and manager at Wooler Mart, Harrison and Hetherington, reflects on the livestock markets

clock 14 March 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: How can the Government claim to be aligned with a greener economy, only to turn its back on the very farmers who are driving sustainability?

Politics

Letters: How can the Government claim to be aligned with a greener economy, only to turn its back on the very farmers who are driving sustainability?

This week sheep farmer and founder of rural education petition Olivia Shave reflects on this week's decision from Defra, to halt 2024 Sustainable Farming Incentive applications

clock 14 March 2025 • 1 min read