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OPINION: When it comes to trade, it will always be America first

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OPINION: When it comes to trade, it will always be America first

FG news reporter Jane Thynne gives her take on the international trade deals announced this week

clock 16 May 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: Credit must go to the industry for highlighting the unfairness of the SFI decision

Politics

From the editor: Credit must go to the industry for highlighting the unfairness of the SFI decision

This week from Farmers Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

clock 15 May 2025 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Sarah Champion: "We can and should be even more ambitious when it comes to buying British"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Sarah Champion: "We can and should be even more ambitious when it comes to buying British"

Rotherham MP Sarah Champion has written exclusively for Farmers Guardian on how her 'Buy British Bill' could increase public procurement and ensure the UK produces more food from British farms

clock 15 May 2025 • 4 min read
Mental Health Awareness Week: "We wouldn't run a tractor constantly without servicing and maintaining it"

Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Week: "We wouldn't run a tractor constantly without servicing and maintaining it"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Charles Goadby, mixed farmer from Nuneaton in Warwickshire

clock 15 May 2025 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE: John Milne on US-UK trade deal: "If Gov gets this wrong, it could significantly undermine domestic production"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE: John Milne on US-UK trade deal: "If Gov gets this wrong, it could significantly undermine domestic production"

Mr Milne, MP for Horsham, writes exclusively for Farmers Guardian on the Trump-Starmer trade deal and what it could mean for British farming

clock 14 May 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Hannah Kiddey: "Sometimes you must be brave, trust yourself and your knowledge"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Hannah Kiddey: "Sometimes you must be brave, trust yourself and your knowledge"

Harper Adams student Hannah Kiddey writes about why she chose to study agriculture and the skills she has gained working on farms

clock 14 May 2025 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Kurtz: "Farmers deserve a Government that champions them, not undermines them"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Kurtz: "Farmers deserve a Government that champions them, not undermines them"

The MS for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire writes about his reappointment as Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary for Wales, SFS, and why the Welsh Conservatives stand side by side with farmers on Inheritance Tax reforms

clock 13 May 2025 • 4 min read
Letters: "It is a brilliant opportunity to show the public where their food comes from"

Education

Letters: "It is a brilliant opportunity to show the public where their food comes from"

Sophie Gregory, Dorset, writes about her farm's upcoming Open Farm Sunday event

clock 13 May 2025 • 1 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell - "Spring 2025 will most definitely be remembered as one of the good ones"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell - "Spring 2025 will most definitely be remembered as one of the good ones"

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 12 May 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Thank you to Nanny for helping me in my hour of need"

In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Thank you to Nanny for helping me in my hour of need"

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 12 May 2025 • 3 min read