Opinion and blogs

Opinion: Is the cost of precision farming tech justified?

Opinion: Is the cost of precision farming tech justified?

FG head of machinery and farm technology Toby Whatley reflects on his adventures with an autonomous domestic lawnmower

Machinery
Toby Whatley
clock 02 June 2026 • 2 min read
Livestock

Opinion: We are in safe hands with the next generation of auctioneers

clock 02 June 2026 • 1 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Dan Burdett: "I promised myself last year I would take bolder decisions, and so I hope this year I have the balance right"

clock 02 June 2026 • 3 min read
Environment

Letters: "Reaching for glyphosate out of habit is no more defensible than prescribing penicillin for a sniffle"

clock 02 June 2026 • 1 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

Opinion: What millions of viewers learned about farming on Saturday night

clock 01 June 2026 • 3 min read
Shows & Sales

Opinion: Farming is who you know not what you know

clock 01 June 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Kate Rowell: "It was a fantastic atmosphere with a roomful of amazing agricultural women"

clock 01 June 2026 • 3 min read
Roger Evans: "I asked whether a cow that urinated on an electric fence would get a shock"

Dairy

Roger Evans: "I asked whether a cow that urinated on an electric fence would get a shock"

clock 31 May 2026 • 4 min read
Emma Robinson: "We decided to tick the Basic Payment Scheme box this year"

Farm Life

Emma Robinson: "We decided to tick the Basic Payment Scheme box this year"

Farmers Guardian columnist Emma Robinson on farm inspections, funding, weather implications and a new Welsh Government

clock 31 May 2026 • 3 min read
Dr Dolly van Tulleken: "We have ended up in a nonsensical food system, with small-scale abattoirs and farms closing at an alarming rate"

Livestock

Dr Dolly van Tulleken: "We have ended up in a nonsensical food system, with small-scale abattoirs and farms closing at an alarming rate"

Food and public health campaigner Dr Dolly van Tulleken on how abattoir loss is driving out small-scale meat production, and the resulting impact on food quality, biodiversity, animal welfare, supply chains and local economies

clock 30 May 2026 • 3 min read