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In Your Field: Emma Robinson - "Women are the backbone of many family farms and keep it all together"

In your field

In Your Field: Emma Robinson - "Women are the backbone of many family farms and keep it all together"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the RABI.

clock 20 June 2025 • 3 min read
From the editor: Cost of crime down, but impact must never be underestimated

Politics

From the editor: Cost of crime down, but impact must never be underestimated

This week from Farmers Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

clock 19 June 2025 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Edward Morello: "Educating the public about the important role farming plays in society has never been more important"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Edward Morello: "Educating the public about the important role farming plays in society has never been more important"

West Dorset MP Edward Morello writes exclusively for Farmers Guardian on the importance of events such as Open Farm Sunday in connecting consumers with where their food comes from

clock 19 June 2025 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - John Milne: "British farming needs every tool in the box to face climate uncertainty"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - John Milne: "British farming needs every tool in the box to face climate uncertainty"

Liberal Democrat MP for Horsham John Milne has written exclusively for Farmers Guardian on why the Government needs to support farmers by strengthening water resilience on-farm

clock 18 June 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Megan Beswick: "The next generation are going to be the backbone of this fantastic industry"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Megan Beswick: "The next generation are going to be the backbone of this fantastic industry"

Staffordshire young farmer Megan Beswick discusses her time at Harper Adams University, why opportunities in agriculture must be seized upon, and her career aspirations

clock 18 June 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "Increasing the homegrown food supply should be a national security issue of the 'highest priority'"

Farm Life

Letters: "Increasing the homegrown food supply should be a national security issue of the 'highest priority'"

Stephen Ramsden, Harrogate, discusses UK food security following news that lamb and beef production have fallen significantly in recent decades

clock 17 June 2025 • 1 min read
Alastair Leake: Cowslips secure reprieve in Spending Review

Environment

Alastair Leake: Cowslips secure reprieve in Spending Review

Alastair Leake, Director of Policy at the GWCT’s Allerton Project demonstration farm, reflects on the Spending Review

clock 16 June 2025 • 3 min read
Colin Smyth: "The failure to deliver has left Dumfries and Galloway, once again, Scotland's forgotten region"

Politics

Colin Smyth: "The failure to deliver has left Dumfries and Galloway, once again, Scotland's forgotten region"

Labour MSP Colin Smyth has written exclusively for Farmers Guardian on Scottish Government's decision not to proceed with Galloway and Ayrshire as the location for Scotland's third National Park

clock 16 June 2025 • 4 min read
Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

Environment

Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Chris Clark, first generation Yorkshire upland farmer and author

clock 16 June 2025 • 4 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell - "Huge respect to all those farming in remote areas and thank you for welcoming us soft mainlanders when we visit"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell - "Huge respect to all those farming in remote areas and thank you for welcoming us soft mainlanders when we visit"

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

clock 15 June 2025 • 3 min read