Opinion and blogs

Farming Matters: Hester van Hensbergen - "We need to recognise this broken food system, built for corporate benefit, impacts us all"

Farming Matters: Hester van Hensbergen - "We need to recognise this broken food system, built for corporate benefit, impacts us all"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Oxford Real Farming Conference manager, Hester van Hensbergen

Politics
Farmers Guardian
clock 23 January 2025 • 3 min read
Farm Business

Letters: Farmers an 'inconvenience to Labour' and the National Trust has 'lost its founding ethos'

clock 20 January 2025 • 4 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes - "Recent cold weather has worked massively in our favour, as far as plants are concerned anyhow"

clock 19 January 2025 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk: Ifan Roberts – "I realised how fortunate I am to have such a great support network"

clock 19 January 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Harry Parsons: "For anyone thinking of studying at Harper Adams University, I would say go for it"

clock 19 January 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

From the editor: "Is it possible supermarkets may just be farming's saviour in the family farm tax fight?"

clock 18 January 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "We were relieved to have a clear TB test at the beginning of November"

clock 17 January 2025 • 3 min read
OPINION: "Talk of foot-and-mouth will have sent shivers down the spine"

Blogs

OPINION: "Talk of foot-and-mouth will have sent shivers down the spine"

Farmers Guardian livestock editor Katie Jones discusses the importance of thorough border controls to ensure disease is not imported into the UK

clock 17 January 2025 • 1 min read
Emma Mosey: How farm shops and farmers' markets can mitigate the challenges of the Budget

Farm Business

Emma Mosey: How farm shops and farmers' markets can mitigate the challenges of the Budget

Farm Retail Association chair Emma Mosey, who owns Yolk Farm in York alongside her husband Ben, gives some first-hand advice on how to 'weather the storm' following the Autumn Budget

clock 15 January 2025 • 2 min read
Emma Gray's Farming Life: "A farm sale can make for mixed feelings"

Blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "A farm sale can make for mixed feelings"

In a blog for Farmers Guardian, shepherdess and top sheepdog triallist Emma Gray talks about the generational pull of farming

clock 15 January 2025 • 3 min read