Opinion and blogs

In your field: Roger Nicholson - "Things will go wrong when rearing animals"

In your field: Roger Nicholson - "Things will go wrong when rearing animals"

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including Springtime on the Farm. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave and Robert and says he has no plans to retire just yet.

In your field
Farmers Guardian
clock 21 June 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In Your Field: Emma Robinson - "Women are the backbone of many family farms and keep it all together"

clock 20 June 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: Cost of crime down, but impact must never be underestimated

clock 19 June 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Edward Morello: "Educating the public about the important role farming plays in society has never been more important"

clock 19 June 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - John Milne: "British farming needs every tool in the box to face climate uncertainty"

clock 18 June 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Megan Beswick: "The next generation are going to be the backbone of this fantastic industry"

clock 18 June 2025 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Letters: "Increasing the homegrown food supply should be a national security issue of the 'highest priority'"

clock 17 June 2025 • 1 min read
Alastair Leake: Cowslips secure reprieve in Spending Review

Environment

Alastair Leake: Cowslips secure reprieve in Spending Review

Alastair Leake, Director of Policy at the GWCT’s Allerton Project demonstration farm, reflects on the Spending Review

clock 16 June 2025 • 3 min read
Colin Smyth: "The failure to deliver has left Dumfries and Galloway, once again, Scotland's forgotten region"

Politics

Colin Smyth: "The failure to deliver has left Dumfries and Galloway, once again, Scotland's forgotten region"

Labour MSP Colin Smyth has written exclusively for Farmers Guardian on Scottish Government's decision not to proceed with Galloway and Ayrshire as the location for Scotland's third National Park

clock 16 June 2025 • 4 min read
Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

Environment

Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Chris Clark, first generation Yorkshire upland farmer and author

clock 16 June 2025 • 4 min read