Opinion and blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "These little decisions, like when to sell lambs, can make or break the year"

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "These little decisions, like when to sell lambs, can make or break the year"

Shepherdess and top sheepdog triallist Emma Gray discusses the gamble behind everyday farming choices, from when to market lambs to whether to vaccinate

Farm Life
Emma Gray
Emma Gray
clock 21 July 2025 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell - "It's the highlight of my year to head up to the top of Hundleshope Heights to gather sheep on a beautiful summer's day"

clock 20 July 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Seeing the end result through direct selling has filled me with such a great sense of pride in what we do"

clock 19 July 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: SFS and bluetongue set to be hot topics at Royal Welsh Show

clock 17 July 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "Some of us are trying to function and farm in the midst of a drought"

clock 17 July 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus: Beth Farmer: "Returning to shepherding full-time was without any doubt the right move for me"

clock 16 July 2025 • 2 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum: Ian Atkinson - "Trade remains buoyant and all indicators point to a strong start to store lamb sales"

clock 15 July 2025 • 3 min read
65 years in farming: Gus Saunders - "Agriculture needs radical policy reassessment to halt decline"

Farm Business

65 years in farming: Gus Saunders - "Agriculture needs radical policy reassessment to halt decline"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Gus Saunders M.Sc. Welsh farmer and naturalist, looks back on his 65-year farming career

clock 14 July 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "When working with livestock it is best to not take things said during stressful moments too personally"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter - "When working with livestock it is best to not take things said during stressful moments too personally"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, at Constantine, Cornwall, where they milk 130 cows and supply Saputo. Total cattle numbers stand at 420 head kept on 162 hectares (400 acres). Alan and his wife Sarah have two children, Ross and Dana and the family also run three self-catering holiday lets

clock 13 July 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes - "This has to be the most crucial time for us in the propagation world"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes - "This has to be the most crucial time for us in the propagation world"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 12 July 2025 • 3 min read