Opinion and blogs

From the editor: Which parts of the country are set to receive some rain is up for debate

From the editor: Which parts of the country are set to receive some rain is up for debate

This week from Farmers Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

Politics
Katie Jones
clock 22 May 2025 • 2 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum – Andrew Clements: Dairy cattle set new records

clock 22 May 2025 • 2 min read
Livestock

Young Dog Handler Focus – Izzy Davies: "We hope to encourage more young people to get involved in trials"

clock 22 May 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Dan Burdett: "I hope that in some shape or form, dairy cows continue to be a part of its future"

clock 22 May 2025 • 3 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "You have never made silage unless you have made vacuum silage"

clock 21 May 2025 • 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Hattie Bryett: "Farming can be for anybody if you work hard for it"

clock 21 May 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Moses on the Inheritance Tax 'trap' families need to be aware of when gifting farmland

clock 20 May 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: "Rural crime is a growing threat to Scotland's countryside"

Rural crime

Letters: "Rural crime is a growing threat to Scotland's countryside"

Cllr Alastair Redman, of Kintyre and the Islands Ward, Argyll and Bute Council, shares his concerns about rural crime in Scotland

clock 20 May 2025 • 1 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Sarah Dyke: "Small and local abattoirs form a crucial part of local food infrastructure, but they are closing at an alarming rate"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Sarah Dyke: "Small and local abattoirs form a crucial part of local food infrastructure, but they are closing at an alarming rate"

Glastonbury and Somerton MP Sarah Dyke has written exclusively for Farmers Guardian on the vital role of small abattoirs to farming communities and why they need Government support to stay open

clock 19 May 2025 • 5 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson - "It's very important to support the younger generation in our farming community"

Farm Life

In your field: Emma Robinson - "It's very important to support the younger generation in our farming community"

Emma and family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farm gate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with RABI

clock 18 May 2025 • 3 min read