Opinion and blogs

Alicia Kearns - Conservative candidate on the General Election: "If we do not treat food security as a national security issue, we will let the people of our great nation down"

Alicia Kearns - Conservative candidate on the General Election: "If we do not treat food security as a national security issue, we will let the people of our great nation down"

Ms Kearns, standing for election as a candidate for Rutland, Stamford, and the South Kesteven and Harborough Villages, told Farmers Guardian readers protecting the rural way of life and standing up for farmers mattered ahead of the General Election

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Chris Brayford
Chris Brayford
clock 01 July 2024 • 3 min read
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Tom Bradshaw - NFU president on the General Election: "If we do not have confidence to invest for the next generation, we are living off the investment of past generations"

clock 30 June 2024 • 4 min read
In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'I have never met anyone so laid back – in fact, he could be horizontal'

clock 29 June 2024 • 3 min read
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Huw Irranca-Davies - Wales' Rural Affairs Secretary: "We can turn the page on Tory chaos and deliver change for farming communities"

clock 29 June 2024 • 3 min read
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James Austen - partner at Collyer Bristow on inheritance tax: "Handing down farms intact to the next generation will become impossible"

clock 28 June 2024 • 5 min read

From the editor: Regen farming movement has to bring layers of value to the farmgate

clock 28 June 2024 • 2 min read
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EXCLUSIVE: Defra Secretary Steve Barclay: Farms benefit from Business Relief for inheritance tax - scrapping these could be 'ruinous' for farming families

clock 26 June 2024 • 3 min read
Tim Farron, rural affairs spokesperson for Liberal Democrats: Rishi Sunak's 'desperate' Devon farm visit 'too little too late'

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Tim Farron, rural affairs spokesperson for Liberal Democrats: Rishi Sunak's 'desperate' Devon farm visit 'too little too late'

Former Liberal Democrat Leader and candidate for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron has slammed the Tory and Labour attitude to farming in his opinion piece for Farmers Guardian

clock 26 June 2024 • 3 min read
Martin Lines - chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network on the General Election: "How many voters will consider the impact on farmers and rural communities?"

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Martin Lines - chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network on the General Election: "How many voters will consider the impact on farmers and rural communities?"

clock 25 June 2024 • 3 min read
James Evans - Welsh Conservatives on the General Election: "There has been a cloud hanging over the farming industry for a long time"

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James Evans - Welsh Conservatives on the General Election: "There has been a cloud hanging over the farming industry for a long time"

Welsh Conservative Shadow Rural Affairs Minister James Evans has written a blog for Farmers Guardian outlining his party's backing for the farming community, agriculture's vital role to Wales and Labour's Sustainable Farming Scheme

clock 24 June 2024 • 5 min read