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Letters: "Together, we have helped protect the future of many family farms"

Politics

Letters: "Together, we have helped protect the future of many family farms"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Tom Bradshaw, NFU president, discusses the successful campaign to change proposed Inheritance Tax rules affecting family farms

clock 13 January 2026 • 1 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson - "In farming, we have the joy of bringing calves into the world, but also have challenges when things go wrong"

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson - "In farming, we have the joy of bringing calves into the world, but also have challenges when things go wrong"

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 volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 12 January 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell - "If one more sales rep tells me there's a lot of potholes in our farm road, I think I'll scream"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell - "If one more sales rep tells me there's a lot of potholes in our farm road, I think I'll scream"

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 11 January 2026 • 3 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
From the editor: Tide must turn for dairy producers

Politics

From the editor: Tide must turn for dairy producers

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 08 January 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Daisy Fossett: "We became the UK's first and only camel dairy"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Daisy Fossett: "We became the UK's first and only camel dairy"

Daisy Fossett writes about her life as a camel farmer in the UK

clock 07 January 2026 • 3 min read
Letters: "When Government ignores its own dairy marketing rules"

Dairy

Letters: "When Government ignores its own dairy marketing rules"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Tony Goodger, from the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers, discusses a dispute over the term 'milk' being used for plant-based products

clock 06 January 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "Decisions are being made without understanding the devastation they will cause to rural communities and the food supply chain"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: "Decisions are being made without understanding the devastation they will cause to rural communities and the food supply chain"

Caerfyrddin MP Ann Davies reflects on another difficult year for farmers, the resilience of the rural sector, why Government must implement policies which protects the future of family farming, and why farms must not be caught in the crossfire of Inheritance Tax changes

clock 05 January 2026 • 3 min read
McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Emma Cooney - "I grew up on a family-run dairy farm, but never planned on getting into ag"

Young Farmers and Careers

McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Emma Cooney - "I grew up on a family-run dairy farm, but never planned on getting into ag"

In the first 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. First up is Emma Cooney, a young dairy farmer from Ireland

clock 05 January 2026 • 4 min read
OPINION: Farming's future is with the family farm

Politics

OPINION: Farming's future is with the family farm

There is a narrative that family farms are fading and that the next generation is not interested. But, I simply do not recognise it.

clock 05 January 2026 • 1 min read