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In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "I ran after the cattle through brambles and rhododendron bushes for hours"

In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "I ran after the cattle through brambles and rhododendron bushes for hours"

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

clock 14 June 2025 • 4 min read
OPINION: Farm profitability – While the Government pats itself on the back, confidence plummets

Politics

OPINION: Farm profitability – While the Government pats itself on the back, confidence plummets

Head of news and business Alex Black discusses the latest total income from farming figures

clock 13 June 2025 • 1 min read
From the editor: Spending Review not as bad as feared, but where will the money be spent?

Politics

From the editor: Spending Review not as bad as feared, but where will the money be spent?

This week from Farmers Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

clock 12 June 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "I don't get the problem – if we are happy to export beef, we have to also be happy to import it"

Beef

Letters: "I don't get the problem – if we are happy to export beef, we have to also be happy to import it"

Readers had their say on Facebook following the news Asda was stocking Uruguayan beef in stores

clock 12 June 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus – Maria Warne-Elston: "I have watched three generations of women before me become unsung heroes"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Maria Warne-Elston: "I have watched three generations of women before me become unsung heroes"

Cornwall young farmer Maria Warne-Elston discusses the influence of female role models at her family farm

clock 11 June 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: "It is time that farmers and graziers should take precedence [in the uplands]"

Farm Life

Letters: "It is time that farmers and graziers should take precedence [in the uplands]"

Fairfax Luxmoore, Plymouth, writes to draw readers' attention to the 'gross mismanagement' of Old Winchester Hill [South Downs National Park, Hampshire]

clock 10 June 2025 • 2 min read
Hugh Pocock: "These technologies promise a more efficient, sustainable and prosperous future in farming"

Dairy

Hugh Pocock: "These technologies promise a more efficient, sustainable and prosperous future in farming"

Hugh Pocock, director at Cultura Connect, provides an insight into his visit to the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in Dallas

clock 10 June 2025 • 5 min read
The Spending Review: Will it be well spent?

Politics

The Spending Review: Will it be well spent?

Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the CAAV, takes a look ahead to Wednesday’s Spending Review

clock 09 June 2025 • 5 min read
In Your Field – Dan Hawes: "Our flexible solar panel strips create more energy than we can use"

Farm Life

In Your Field – Dan Hawes: "Our flexible solar panel strips create more energy than we can use"

Dan Hawes produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, Kent. The arable side of the business includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 09 June 2025 • 3 min read
In Your Field – Alan Carter: "I don't pretend to know everything about cows, but I know the type I would like to go through a parlour"

Farm Life

In Your Field – Alan Carter: "I don't pretend to know everything about cows, but I know the type I would like to go through a parlour"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162-hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, supplying Saputo

clock 08 June 2025 • 3 min read