Opinion and blogs

Farming Matters: Phil Christopher - 'His next memory is being dragged into the machine'

Farming Matters: Phil Christopher - 'His next memory is being dragged into the machine'

Did you cringe like I did the day after our new King's marvellous coronation on seeing pictures of his 9-year-old grandson Prince George on his dad's knee operating a mini-digger?

Olivia Midgley
clock 02 July 2023 • 3 min read
In your field

In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'The biggest challenge is simply leaving the farm'

clock 01 July 2023 • 2 min read
In your field

In Your Field: James and Isobel Wright - 'We need to value the benefit of economic development for farmers'

clock 01 July 2023 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Jack Bedlow: "Demonstrating organisational skills was really important in helping the farm run efficiently"

clock 30 June 2023 • 2 min read
Farm Life

This month on the family farm: Leaving her job for the family farm - 'I have to say, what an underappreciated art butchery is'

clock 28 June 2023 • 5 min read
Arable Farming

Talking agronomy with Ben Boothman: Winter barleys are approaching the final furlong and harvest is just around the corner

clock 27 June 2023 • 3 min read
In your field

In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'I attended an excellent first aid training course'

clock 24 June 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: James Robinson - 'As farmers, I know we will have to become more adapted to unusual periods of weather'

In your field

In Your Field: James Robinson - 'As farmers, I know we will have to become more adapted to unusual periods of weather'

While I was writing my previous In Your Field article, I was sat listening to the neighbour's mower cutting their first cut silage, and I was also commenting on the lack of grass on our own meadows.

clock 24 June 2023 • 3 min read
Good Evans: 'People can't eat trees and wildflower meadows'

Dairy

Good Evans: 'People can't eat trees and wildflower meadows'

This month, Roger Evans discusses his fascination with the stories behind old farming pictures, how farmers are no longer recognised for the work they do in producing food, and why romance certainly isn't dead in the countryside.

clock 23 June 2023 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk: Gemma Smale-Rowland - 'These [weather] extremes seem to be coming much more commonplace'

Dairy

Dairy Talk: Gemma Smale-Rowland - 'These [weather] extremes seem to be coming much more commonplace'

Is it a British obsession with the weather or is it just farmers. I wonder what it would be like to work in an office and the weather have no effect on your life other than deciding if it is a BBQ for the weekend or not

clock 23 June 2023 • 2 min read