Opinion and blogs

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Tenant farmers are at risk of losing land to development, particularly large-scale solar projects"

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Tenant farmers are at risk of losing land to development, particularly large-scale solar projects"

TFA farm policy adviser Lynette Steel writes on what must change for tenant farmers in 2026 and why the industry needs commitments to ensure businesses are adequately paid for the high standard of goods that they produce

Politics
Lynette Steel
clock 16 January 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Business

From the editor: LAMMA was the ultimate showcase of resilience and an industry driving change

clock 15 January 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Jamie Wyllie: "It is vital that we support home-grown production to bolster our food security"

clock 14 January 2026 • 4 min read
Farm Life

OPINION: Did the Oxford Real Farming Conference live up to its resilience theme?

clock 14 January 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Charlie York: "There's still a widespread, often unconscious, underappreciation of the food we eat and the farmers who produce it"

clock 14 January 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

Letters: "Together, we have helped protect the future of many family farms"

clock 13 January 2026 • 1 min read
In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson - "In farming, we have the joy of bringing calves into the world, but also have challenges when things go wrong"

clock 12 January 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell - "If one more sales rep tells me there's a lot of potholes in our farm road, I think I'll scream"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell - "If one more sales rep tells me there's a lot of potholes in our farm road, I think I'll scream"

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

clock 11 January 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters – Adrian Carne: "If we keep using the word regen in British ag we must treat it as a verifiable promise"

Sustainable Farming

Farming Matters – Adrian Carne: "If we keep using the word regen in British ag we must treat it as a verifiable promise"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Adrian Carne, chair of Pasture for Life, former managing director of Yeo Valley and former chair of UK Organic

clock 10 January 2026 • 3 min read
From the editor: Tide must turn for dairy producers

Politics

From the editor: Tide must turn for dairy producers

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 08 January 2026 • 2 min read