Opinion and blogs

Little lambers: "The best bit was going out to do the night checks with mum, with just the radio on"

Little lambers: "The best bit was going out to do the night checks with mum, with just the radio on"

In this children's lambing special, Jacob Barton, 9, tells Farmers Guardian what he loves about lambing time

Young Farmers and Careers
Emily Ashworth
clock 06 March 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: "We can't afford to leave it too late"

clock 06 March 2025 • 3 min read
Animal Health

Nigel Bennet: "The best way to fight foot-and-mouth disease is to stop it before it reaches your farm"

clock 06 March 2025 • 2 min read
Blogs

Letters: "The key to why we are still in milk is succession planning"

clock 05 March 2025 • 2 min read
Blogs

Letters: "Many flock numbers are so small that the whole commons system is breaking down"

clock 05 March 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Rachel Burke: "YFC provides an essential link between urban and rural life"

clock 05 March 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

Rupert Lowe: "We need to overhaul the entire approach to British farming"

clock 04 March 2025 • 2 min read
Hayley Campbell-Gibbons: "RABDF is a sleeping giant, and I'm here to wake it up"

Dairy

Hayley Campbell-Gibbons: "RABDF is a sleeping giant, and I'm here to wake it up"

The new chief executive of RABDF, Hayley Campbell-Gibbons, outlines her ambitions for the organisation's future

clock 04 March 2025 • 5 min read
McCain Foods GB's James Young - "Farmer confidence is at an all-time low... the wider food sector has a responsibility to step up and support them"

Mental Health

McCain Foods GB's James Young - "Farmer confidence is at an all-time low... the wider food sector has a responsibility to step up and support them"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: James Young - vice-president of Agriculture at McCain Foods GB

clock 03 March 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Farming has some of the best characters around... a community connected by a love of what they do"

In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Farming has some of the best characters around... a community connected by a love of what they do"

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

clock 02 March 2025 • 3 min read