Opinion and blogs

From the editor: Time is running out for Number 10 to make meaningful change for farming

From the editor: Time is running out for Number 10 to make meaningful change for farming

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Blogs
Olivia Midgley
clock 09 May 2024 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Caitlin Townley: "A farmer is needed three times a day"

clock 09 May 2024 • 3 min read
Blogs

Letters: "How soon will it be before we see food rationing in the UK?"

clock 09 May 2024 • 1 min read
In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "Another three cows left the farm last week on a one-way trip due to bovine TB"

clock 07 May 2024 • 2 min read
Politics

From the editor: "Moseley under pressure amid Red Tractor discord"

clock 02 May 2024 • 2 min read
Politics

Wales' First Minister Vaughan Gething: "I heard first-hand the difficulties my mother had to overcome in sustaining and growing a farming business"

clock 01 May 2024 • 3 min read
Farm Life

Colin Ramsay, Six Inches of Soil director: "Soil provides 95 per cent of our food so without soil there is no life"

clock 28 April 2024 • 2 min read
Letters: Government's plan for 'nature recovery' is seriously flawed

Farm Business

Letters: Government's plan for 'nature recovery' is seriously flawed

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers (April 25)

clock 27 April 2024 • 1 min read
In your field: Ian Garnett - "Polish workers put our on-farm challenges into context"

In your field

In your field: Ian Garnett - "Polish workers put our on-farm challenges into context"

Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are homereared and cows are on a composite system. Ian is a representative for Sainsbury’s Dairy Development Group and sits on the AHDB Genetics Advisory Forum

clock 27 April 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Kate Beavan - "The long, hard lambing season has finally finished"

In your field

In your field: Kate Beavan - "The long, hard lambing season has finally finished"

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

clock 26 April 2024 • 2 min read