Opinion and blogs

Young Farmer Focus - Kirsten Henry: "Enjoy the journey, embrace risk, and just go for it"

Young Farmer Focus - Kirsten Henry: "Enjoy the journey, embrace risk, and just go for it"

Ms Henry, 23, writes about being part of Moneymore Young Farmers' Club, her journey as a Nuffield Farming Next-Gen Scholar, and why she is passionate about farming

Young Farmer Focus
Chris Brayford
Chris Brayford
clock 26 February 2025 • 2 min read
Sheep

From the lambing shed: Hannah Murrell - "It's not unusual for me to dream about sheep at night"

clock 25 February 2025 • 4 min read
Mental Health

Professor David Rose: "Government, including Defra, must recognise that their language and actions can be one of the major causes of poor farmer wellbeing"

clock 25 February 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

Letters: "Surely a better option would be to scrap APR altogether, but with exemptions"

clock 25 February 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

Labour MP Steve Witherden on IHT: "I asked the Treasury to raise the threshold to target the tax-dodging multinationals... there is still time for this to be put right"

clock 24 February 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes - "February is an important month for us in the strawberry propagation world"

clock 23 February 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Alan Carter - "All you need for a summer of checking stock with your children and a dog is: a bag of electric fence wire, CDs (Johnny Cash and ABBA), ball valve arms, tennis balls and car seats"

clock 22 February 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Elise Sutton: "From milk to meat, they get the job done"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Elise Sutton: "From milk to meat, they get the job done"

Elise Sutton, 27, writes about her life as a stockperson at Cherry Lodge Farm in Salisbury. Ms Sutton also sits on the board of trustees for the Longhorn Cattle Society.

clock 22 February 2025 • 2 min read
Edward Morello - Lib Dems MP: "The Farming Resilience Fund is still needed and the decision to end it will have foreseeable consequences"

Mental Health

Edward Morello - Lib Dems MP: "The Farming Resilience Fund is still needed and the decision to end it will have foreseeable consequences"

Mr Morello, who represents West Dorset, has written about the importance of the Farming Resilience Fund on the mental health of farmers, and why it is wrong that the scheme will come to an end

clock 21 February 2025 • 3 min read
OPINION: "How long can beef prices keep moving up?"

Beef

OPINION: "How long can beef prices keep moving up?"

Farmers Guardian's head of livestock sales and markets Angela Calvert reflects on the sustained upward trend in beef prices

clock 21 February 2025 • 1 min read