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Farming Matters: Helen Fisher – "The fields, sodden all winter, are now dry as the desert'"

Farm Life

Farming Matters: Helen Fisher – "The fields, sodden all winter, are now dry as the desert'"

Helen Fisher, an arable farmer based on a family farm in Atherstone, Warwickshire, writes about the unpredictability of the weather and its impact on farming

clock 24 May 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: Farming Matters on IHT "upsetting and annoying" but made "some very pertinent points"

Politics

Letters: Farming Matters on IHT "upsetting and annoying" but made "some very pertinent points"

FG readers respond to Andy Welford's views on Inheritance Tax in his Farming Matters column

clock 01 April 2025 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Ben Aveling - "It's time farmers are paid fairly, as this is truly the only way to save British farms, especially if the Inheritance Tax holds firm"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: Ben Aveling - "It's time farmers are paid fairly, as this is truly the only way to save British farms, especially if the Inheritance Tax holds firm"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Farmer and meat retailer from Towcester, Northamptonshire - Ben Aveling

clock 15 March 2025 • 4 min read
Farming Matters: Amy Jackson – "Novel technologies offer solutions we need... but what if that tech is unacceptable to consumers?"

Environment

Farming Matters: Amy Jackson – "Novel technologies offer solutions we need... but what if that tech is unacceptable to consumers?"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Amy Jackson, communications specialist in farming issues and crises

clock 08 February 2025 • 3 min read
Farming matters - Phil Latham: "I was uncertain as to whether I could carry on"

Livestock

Farming matters - Phil Latham: "I was uncertain as to whether I could carry on"

In March 2012 I was notified that one of our cows looked like she had bovine TB in her organs after slaughter

clock 23 February 2024 • 3 min read
Farming matters: Lord Robert Douglas-Miller - 'The science is clear that the tide is turning on bovine TB'

Farm Life

Farming matters: Lord Robert Douglas-Miller - 'The science is clear that the tide is turning on bovine TB'

Although new in my job as Biosecurity Minister, I do not need to be told what a tragedy bovine TB has been for British farming

clock 24 January 2024 • 3 min read
Farming matters: Brian Richardson - 'It is vital industry does not lose sight of net zero goals'

Farm Life

Farming matters: Brian Richardson - 'It is vital industry does not lose sight of net zero goals'

I remember being in Birmingham for the NFU conference in 2019 and the NFU launching, on behalf of the farming industry, a target for net zero on agriculture of 2040, 10 years sooner than the Government’s own target for the wider UK economy

clock 22 November 2023 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Jeremy Gibbs - Giving veterans a place in farming adds value to our industry

Blogs

Farming Matters: Jeremy Gibbs - Giving veterans a place in farming adds value to our industry

In this Remembrance Day special, Jeremy Gibbs talks about the success of the Forces Farming initiative which helps army veterans enter the farming industry

clock 11 November 2023 • 2 min read
Farming matters: Rosie Pearson - 'When will the planning system put food security first?'

Climate Change

Farming matters: Rosie Pearson - 'When will the planning system put food security first?'

The planning system shows little interest in food security. Of course, net zero, the environment and planning for the right developments in the right places are important. But so is food!

clock 31 October 2023 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Nicole Moore - 'Let's start being proactive, educational and welcoming'

Farm Life

Farming Matters: Nicole Moore - 'Let's start being proactive, educational and welcoming'

As a shooting enthusiast, I feel privileged to be able to shoot several different species of quarry as a hobby and I take my role within the community seriously.

clock 25 August 2023 • 3 min read