Opinion and blogs

Little Lambers: "I asked mum and dad if I could get my own sheep for my birthday"

Little Lambers: "I asked mum and dad if I could get my own sheep for my birthday"

Isla Hare, seven, is from Tong in West Yorkshire. She writes about her love of farming and sheep, showing sheep at shows, and reading Farmers Guardian with her grandad

Young Farmers and Careers
Chris Brayford
clock 30 March 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

OPINION: "Is the Land Use Framework another threat to the viability of English farms?"

clock 29 March 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Having some spring grass available in the milking herd ration is driving some very encouraging milk yields"

clock 29 March 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

Hudda Morgan: "The next generation may not be ready to take on the running of a farm"

clock 29 March 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

Letters: Chancellor's Spring Statement 'overlooks food security as key part of national resilience'

clock 28 March 2025 • 1 min read
Blogs

OPINION: Bird flu in sheep is a stark reminder of importance of biosecurity

clock 28 March 2025 • 1 min read
Politics

From the editor: "Chancellor Rachel Reeves' 'real change' is something our sector could well do without"

clock 27 March 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Eleanor Rawson: "I have always known I wanted to be a vet"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Eleanor Rawson: "I have always known I wanted to be a vet"

Ms Rawson, from Gainsborough, writes about growing up in the British countryside, why more people should study veterinary courses, and how she hopes to be a farm vet in the future

clock 26 March 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "Non-active common land graziers have received substantial payments for doing nothing"

Farm Life

Letters: "Non-active common land graziers have received substantial payments for doing nothing"

D.G. Jones, from Conwy in North Wales, continues the conversation around common land grazing rights

clock 25 March 2025 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: "The 'family farm tax' conjures up some image of a bucolic rural idyll which is being destroyed"

Politics

Farming Matters: "The 'family farm tax' conjures up some image of a bucolic rural idyll which is being destroyed"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Andy Welford, a dairy farmer from Scaling, near Saltburn, offers his views on the Inheritance Tax fallout

clock 24 March 2025 • 3 min read