Blogs

From the editor: With food security at risk, surely now is the time for the Government to put its money where its mouth is?

Farm Business

From the editor: With food security at risk, surely now is the time for the Government to put its money where its mouth is?

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (April 25)

clock 25 April 2024 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "I would expect food inflation to hit the headlines again this autumn"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "I would expect food inflation to hit the headlines again this autumn"

Well it's wet. I can only hope by the time you read this it's dry, or we're all in trouble

clock 21 April 2024 • 4 min read
Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "Silage pits are getting low from the long winter we have endured"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "Silage pits are getting low from the long winter we have endured"

In Somerset, spring is trying to show its face between the rain showers. The warmer weather that we enjoyed recently gave us good growth rates of 34kg of dry matter/hectare per day

clock 18 April 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: Farming Recovery Fund seen as a drop in the ocean

Politics

From the editor: Farming Recovery Fund seen as a drop in the ocean

This week from Farmers Guardian chief reporter Rachael Brown (April 12)

clock 11 April 2024 • 2 min read
From the lambing shed: A reflection of the highs and lows of lambing time

Sheep

From the lambing shed: A reflection of the highs and lows of lambing time

Bizza Walters, a well-known sheep farmer from Warwickshire, looks back on lambing this season

clock 30 March 2024 • 4 min read
From the editor: "Social media has been alive with pictures and videos of cattle being turned out after a winter that has felt like a lifetime"

Politics

From the editor: "Social media has been alive with pictures and videos of cattle being turned out after a winter that has felt like a lifetime"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 28)

clock 28 March 2024 • 2 min read
View from the rostrum: Glyn Lucas - "Why are the policymakers in Europe and across the world not appreciating the importance of food and the vital role of the farmers?"

Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum: Glyn Lucas - "Why are the policymakers in Europe and across the world not appreciating the importance of food and the vital role of the farmers?"

Glyn Lucas on why farmers are undervalued

clock 27 March 2024 • 4 min read
Malcolm Morley: "Farmers grow the farm vets of the future"

Blogs

Malcolm Morley: "Farmers grow the farm vets of the future"

Malcolm Morley is Senior Vice President of the British Veterinary Association

clock 22 March 2024 • 3 min read
Good Evans: "It's not that I'm anti-tree, but I would just pick and choose where they went"

Dairy

Good Evans: "It's not that I'm anti-tree, but I would just pick and choose where they went"

This month, Roger Evans discusses the situation in rural communities, delves into the world of politics and recounts a tale about rats and chainsaws

clock 22 March 2024 • 5 min read
From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

Weather

From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 22)

clock 21 March 2024 • 2 min read