farming matters

Farming Matters – Alastair Leake: "Resilience to climate change needs to come in many forms"

Environment

Farming Matters – Alastair Leake: "Resilience to climate change needs to come in many forms"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Alistair Leake, director of policy at the Allerton Project

clock 28 February 2026 • 4 min read
Farming Matters – Joshua Hoopes: "'If UK food production is to remain resilient, confidence has to be rebuilt at farm level"

Farm Business

Farming Matters – Joshua Hoopes: "'If UK food production is to remain resilient, confidence has to be rebuilt at farm level"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Joshua Hoopes, chief executive of Fevara

clock 07 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

Rural crime

Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Baroness Shas Sheehan, Chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee

clock 31 January 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Clare Otridge – "In a volatile moment for UK agriculture, clarity is a form of resilience"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: Clare Otridge – "In a volatile moment for UK agriculture, clarity is a form of resilience"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Clare Otridge, farmer and director of Grounded Research

clock 24 January 2026 • 4 min read
Farming Matters – Adrian Carne: "If we keep using the word regen in British ag we must treat it as a verifiable promise"

Sustainable Farming

Farming Matters – Adrian Carne: "If we keep using the word regen in British ag we must treat it as a verifiable promise"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Adrian Carne, chair of Pasture for Life, former managing director of Yeo Valley and former chair of UK Organic

clock 10 January 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters - Ian Rickman: "The strength of our family farms remains at our heart"

Farm Business

Farming Matters - Ian Rickman: "The strength of our family farms remains at our heart"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Ian Rickman, president of the Farmers' Union of Wales, discusses support for Welsh family farms

clock 27 September 2025 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: "The landscape is shifting - we have seen an influx of more women in the sector"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: "The landscape is shifting - we have seen an influx of more women in the sector"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Hannah Stackhouse, technical support manager at A B Nutrition and Sugarich and member of the Women in Feed committee

clock 08 September 2025 • 3 min read
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