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Letters: "Agriculture is the ultimate carbon recycling industry"

Climate Change

Letters: "Agriculture is the ultimate carbon recycling industry"

Jess Bostock, from Staffordshire, on carbon recycling and methane production

clock 11 February 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Bronagh Dempster: "I could not imagine a life without farming"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Bronagh Dempster: "I could not imagine a life without farming"

Nuffield Farming Next Generation scholar Bronagh Dempster, 24, writes about her experiences of the scheme and why young people should choose a career in farming

clock 10 February 2025 • 2 min read
David Exwood: 'Farming is tough, but no one should struggle alone'

Blogs

David Exwood: 'Farming is tough, but no one should struggle alone'

NFU deputy president urges farmers to consider their mental well-being as part of Yellow Wellies' Mind Your Head campaign

clock 10 February 2025 • 3 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
From the editor: "By valuing food production in the same way as we value nature, we should get to a place where there is harmony"

Politics

From the editor: "By valuing food production in the same way as we value nature, we should get to a place where there is harmony"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 07 February 2025 • 3 min read
Charles Wadsley: "We have already begun to see the repercussions of the 'tractor tax'"

Machinery

Charles Wadsley: "We have already begun to see the repercussions of the 'tractor tax'"

Charles Wadsley, director at Cheffins Machinery Auctioneers, reports on the sales of used machinery in light of current market conditions

clock 07 February 2025 • 3 min read
Roger Nicholson: "I believe in the family farm – the shared responsibility, the ability to pass on knowledge from one generation to the next"

Farm Life

Roger Nicholson: "I believe in the family farm – the shared responsibility, the ability to pass on knowledge from one generation to the next"

Roger farms with his family at Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and has appeared in various TV series, including 'Springtime on the Farm'

clock 04 February 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: "Does the current Cairngorms landscape truly meet lynx' ecological needs?"

Rural crime

Letters: "Does the current Cairngorms landscape truly meet lynx' ecological needs?"

The Cairngorms Crofters & Farmers Community group voice their concerns about reintroducing lynx to the National Park

clock 04 February 2025 • 3 min read
OPINION: "New entrants must be placed at the heart of policy conversations"

Blogs

OPINION: "New entrants must be placed at the heart of policy conversations"

Farmers Guardian's chief reporter Rachael Brown reflects on the importance of new entrants in building a sustainable future for agriculture

clock 02 February 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Georgie Lee: "The role of a rural surveyor excites me"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Georgie Lee: "The role of a rural surveyor excites me"

Beeston Young Farmers' Club vice-chair Georgie Lee shares her experience of studying at Harper Adams University and her path to becoming a graduate rural surveyor for Rostons

clock 02 February 2025 • 2 min read