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In your field: Kate Rowell – "We still look back on the monitor farm experience as a catalyst for the positive growth of our business

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell – "We still look back on the monitor farm experience as a catalyst for the positive growth of our business

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 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Danny Chambers – "It is time we got a grip on meat smuggling to protect British farming and the public"

Rural crime

Farming Matters: Danny Chambers – "It is time we got a grip on meat smuggling to protect British farming and the public"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Danny Chambers, vet and Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester

clock 14 February 2026 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Sir Alec Shelbrooke: "It is the sense of community that softens the stresses and strains of rural life"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Sir Alec Shelbrooke: "It is the sense of community that softens the stresses and strains of rural life"

Wetherby and Easingwold MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke writes on how the shooting industry plays an important role to the economy and rural way of life, the countryside's backlash to the proposed shotgun licence merger, and why the Government risks breaking the very spirit that's sustained farming communities for generations

clock 13 February 2026 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan - "Good fences are a farmer's dream"

Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Cowan - "Good fences are a farmer's dream"

In the second of a three-month exclusive column for Farmers Guardian, Clarkson's Farm star Harriet Cowan talks about coming full-circle back to farming and how the industry is part of who she is

clock 13 February 2026 • 4 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "The relationship between this Government and the countryside is broken"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "The relationship between this Government and the countryside is broken"

Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Akins said Defra quangos and regulators need to either be scrapped or streamlined because at present, they do not serve the best interests of farmers, the countryside and the country as a whole

clock 12 February 2026 • 3 min read
From the editor: As an industry we must do better when it comes to mental health

Blogs

From the editor: As an industry we must do better when it comes to mental health

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 12 February 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "If we support locally produced food, we will import less"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "If we support locally produced food, we will import less"

Caerfyrddin MP Ann Davies writes on the unsustainable drop in dairy prices, farmers being treated as bargaining chips in trade deals, and why maintaining British farmers' high-quality food standards must be codified into law to stop lower welfare food from entering the UK

clock 11 February 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Tori Squire: "Farming has shaped everything I know about responsibility"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Tori Squire: "Farming has shaped everything I know about responsibility"

Tori Squire, 22, is a third-generation beef and sheep farmer from Newton Abbot in Devon

clock 11 February 2026 • 3 min read
McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Hamish Landale - "You don't need generations of farming behind you to find your place in the industry"

Young Farmers and Careers

McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Hamish Landale - "You don't need generations of farming behind you to find your place in the industry"

As part of an exclusive 12-month blog for Farmers Guardian, the new cohort of youngsters on the McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer programme talk about their hopes for the future and the impact they can make. Here we hear from Hamish Landale, from Crieff, Scotland

clock 10 February 2026 • 3 min read
Letters: "Delaying difficult decisions is no longer an option for farming"

Farm Business

Letters: "Delaying difficult decisions is no longer an option for farming"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Simon Britton, chair of the Society of Agriculture, discusses the need for farming to strengthen professional standards, leadership and independent expertise to support better decision-making and long-term resilience, alongside traditional industry representation

clock 10 February 2026 • 2 min read