Opinion and blogs

View from the Rostrum - Stephen Dodsworth: "Praise for the unsung heroes"

View from the Rostrum - Stephen Dodsworth: "Praise for the unsung heroes"

Stephen Dodsworth is auctioneers’ assistant at Darlington Farmers Auction Mart and organiser of North East Live

Shows & Sales
Stephen Dodsworth
clock 10 October 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: Standing up for British farmers

clock 09 October 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

OPINION: "The upward struggle for relevance has just begun, but can farmers forgive and forget 14 years of Conservative rule?'

clock 08 October 2025 • 8 min read
Arable

Talking Policy: Harnessing the benefits of home-grown proteins

clock 08 October 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Rosie Finney: "We need to break the stigma about talking about our mental health"

clock 08 October 2025 • 3 min read
Dairy

Letters: "Fewer cows, fewer producers, yet more milk in the market with prices plummeting... the sums just do not add up"

clock 07 October 2025 • 2 min read
Sustainable Farming

Farming Matters: "Our mission has remained unwavering: to champion wool"

clock 06 October 2025 • 3 min read
In your field - Roger Nicholson: "We will be celebrating our 60th wedding anniversary... A lifetime spent in farming, and we've loved it"

In your field

In your field - Roger Nicholson: "We will be celebrating our 60th wedding anniversary... A lifetime spent in farming, and we've loved it"

Roger farms with his family at Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and has appeared in various TV series, including 'Springtime on the Farm'

clock 05 October 2025 • 3 min read
In your field - Emma Robinson: "I met with our Labour MP to discuss this very poorly thought-out Inheritance Tax policy"

In your field

In your field - Emma Robinson: "I met with our Labour MP to discuss this very poorly thought-out Inheritance Tax policy"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 04 October 2025 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: 'Farmers must be at the heart of trade policy'

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: 'Farmers must be at the heart of trade policy'

Plaid Cymru MP Ann Davies writes on how farming standards have been undermined in trade deals, the dangers of Sir Keir’s appeasement of US President Donald Trump, and why agriculture should be at the heart of trade policy

clock 03 October 2025 • 4 min read