Opinion and blogs

Young farmer Hannah Cuthbert: "The power of talking could help save a life"

Young farmer Hannah Cuthbert: "The power of talking could help save a life"

Lincolnshire young farmer Hannah Cuthbert an provided insight into the challenges young farmers faced with mental health during Yellow Wellies' Mind Your Head week

Mental Health
Chris Brayford
Chris Brayford
clock 15 February 2024 • 5 min read
Recipes

Pancake recipes from the rural community: However you eat yours, remember where the produce comes from

clock 13 February 2024 • 3 min read
Farm Life

Emma Smith: With the average age of the British farmer so high, what can we do to encourage young people in?

clock 09 February 2024 • 3 min read
Farm Life

In your field: Kate Rowell - "Cows are wintering well despite the weather"

clock 09 February 2024 • 3 min read
Farm Life

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "While Dad was trying to castrate him, he kicked out with both back legs"

clock 09 February 2024 • 3 min read
Legislation

From the editor: Farm inspection regime in need of a radical overhaul

clock 08 February 2024 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Farming Matters: Ian Howie - "It is interesting to look back at how agriculture was supported"

clock 08 February 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Jono Hughes - "We aim to keep control in the hands of farmers"

Farm Life

In your field: Jono Hughes - "We aim to keep control in the hands of farmers"

Jono Hughes is a new entrant growing vegetables under the Blas Gwent Veg brand, on the Gwent Levels, between Cardiff and Newport. Together with his wife and business partner Holly Tomlinson, they started farming in spring 2022 and focus on innovation in ecological horticulture and developing pathways into farming for young people from urban areas. They use organic methods and are working towards organic certification

clock 07 February 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "I think it is only right to try to help the next generation if you can"

Farm Life

In your field: Alan Carter - "I think it is only right to try to help the next generation if you can"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a parish councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 07 February 2024 • 2 min read
Letters: Charles Goadby - Farmers should think about protesting and remember 'public trust and confidence is our greatest weapon'

Blogs

Letters: Charles Goadby - Farmers should think about protesting and remember 'public trust and confidence is our greatest weapon'

This week's letters from FG readers

clock 05 February 2024 • 3 min read