Opinion and blogs

View from the rostrum: Adam Grieve – A new era for the cattle trade

View from the rostrum: Adam Grieve – A new era for the cattle trade

Adam Grieve, senior auctioneer at St Boswells and manager at Wooler Mart, Harrison and Hetherington, reflects on the livestock markets

Shows & Sales
Farmers Guardian
clock 14 March 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

Letters: How can the Government claim to be aligned with a greener economy, only to turn its back on the very farmers who are driving sustainability?

clock 14 March 2025 • 1 min read
Politics

From the editor: How many chances will farmers give Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet as they blunder on with their botched approach to agricultural policy?

clock 13 March 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

Andy Cato: "Drones and missiles will not protect us if there is no bread"

clock 13 March 2025 • 3 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum: Stephen Dodsworth - Prices are high, moods are low.

clock 13 March 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

Alistair Carmichael: "80 years of Government interference in the food market has hard-wired unfairness into it. It is Britain's farmers who have lost out as a result"

clock 12 March 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - James Scott: "We can never have enough influencers sharing their experiences of farming"

clock 12 March 2025 • 2 min read
Peter Fox: "APR has been retained by past Governments of all colours, so what has changed?"

Politics

Peter Fox: "APR has been retained by past Governments of all colours, so what has changed?"

Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary for Wales, Peter Fox, writes about the Autumn Budget, farmers anxious about changes to Inheritance Tax and Agricultural Property Relief, reduced investment in farming and his concerns for the future of family farming in Wales

clock 10 March 2025 • 5 min read
Roger Nicholson: "With 68 million people to feed, it is important that our Government understands its responsibilities and prioritises a productive agricultural industry at home"

In your field

Roger Nicholson: "With 68 million people to feed, it is important that our Government understands its responsibilities and prioritises a productive agricultural industry at home"

Roger farms with his family at Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and has appeared in various TV series, including 'Springtime on the Farm'

clock 09 March 2025 • 3 min read
Andrew RT Davies: "The rural industry has refused to roll over and become a casualty in Labour's class war"

Politics

Andrew RT Davies: "The rural industry has refused to roll over and become a casualty in Labour's class war"

Mr Davies, a farmer and former leader of the Welsh Conservatives, writes about why Labour introduced Inheritance Tax changes on farmers, the strength and togetherness of the community in standing up to the changes, and why it needs to be reversed

clock 07 March 2025 • 3 min read