Opinion and blogs
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Seeing the end result through direct selling has filled me with such a great sense of pride in what we do"
Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson
19 July 2025
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3 min read
From the editor: SFS and bluetongue set to be hot topics at Royal Welsh Show
17 July 2025
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2 min read
Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "Some of us are trying to function and farm in the midst of a drought"
17 July 2025
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3 min read
In your field
Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops
12 July 2025
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3 min read
Politics
Head of news and business Alex Black discusses farming's value after comments from the Welsh First Minister
11 July 2025
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1 min read
