Opinion and blogs

Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Although finances are important always remember that your brand is your superpower"

Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Although finances are important always remember that your brand is your superpower"

As I flew home from my nine weeks of individual Nuffield travel in New Zealand, China, Chile and North America, studying the topic of ‘Inspiring the next generation of dairy entrepreneurs', I found myself asking: 'What have I learned?'

Dairy
Dairy Farmer
clock 23 September 2024 • 3 min read
Blogs

#OrganicSeptember: Tim May shares his journey from conventional to organic farming

clock 22 September 2024 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Charlotte Harris: "Farming has the power to bring people together"

clock 22 September 2024 • 2 min read
Farm Life

In your field: Helen Stanier - "The change in the cows' diet has been noticed by an observant customer"

clock 21 September 2024 • 2 min read
Farm Life

In your field: James Robinson - "My great-granddad took butter to his first Westmorland County Show in 1875"

clock 21 September 2024 • 3 min read
Farm Life

In your field: Ian Garnett- "I am heartened AHDB has raised its concerns"

clock 21 September 2024 • 2 min read
Mental Health

From the editor: Make time to improve your work-life balance

clock 20 September 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Kate Beavan- "The time has come for me to pass the baton on. Be proud of what you do"

Farm Life

In your field: Kate Beavan- "The time has come for me to pass the baton on. Be proud of what you do"

Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. Kate is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees

clock 20 September 2024 • 2 min read
Roger Evans: "That cheque, that arrived in December, used to bring with it a lot of comfort"

Dairy

Roger Evans: "That cheque, that arrived in December, used to bring with it a lot of comfort"

The big story since I last wrote has to be the decline in the number of dairy farmers. Just to put it into some sort of perspective, when we started First Milk I think we had 3,500 members

clock 20 September 2024 • 3 min read
Sheep farmer James Rebanks turns down Defra role invite: "I cannot be complicit in the breaking of promises to farmers that I strongly believe ought to be kept"

Blogs

Sheep farmer James Rebanks turns down Defra role invite: "I cannot be complicit in the breaking of promises to farmers that I strongly believe ought to be kept"

Cumbrian sheep farmer and author James Rebanks reflects on his decision to turn down the invite to apply for a non-executive director at Defra

clock 19 September 2024 • 1 min read