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Blog

From the editor: Make time to improve your work-life balance

Mental Health

From the editor: Make time to improve your work-life balance

This week from Farmers Guardian head of news and business Alex Black

clock 20 September 2024 • 2 min read
 In your field: Kate Beavan- "The time has come for me to pass the baton on. Be proud of what you do"

Farm Life

In your field: Kate Beavan- "The time has come for me to pass the baton on. Be proud of what you do"

Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. Kate is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees

clock 20 September 2024 • 2 min read
Roger Evans: "That cheque, that arrived in December, used to bring with it a lot of comfort"

Dairy

Roger Evans: "That cheque, that arrived in December, used to bring with it a lot of comfort"

The big story since I last wrote has to be the decline in the number of dairy farmers. Just to put it into some sort of perspective, when we started First Milk I think we had 3,500 members

clock 20 September 2024 • 3 min read
Sheep farmer James Rebanks turns down Defra role invite: "I cannot be complicit in the breaking of promises to farmers that I strongly believe ought to be kept"

Blogs

Sheep farmer James Rebanks turns down Defra role invite: "I cannot be complicit in the breaking of promises to farmers that I strongly believe ought to be kept"

Cumbrian sheep farmer and author James Rebanks reflects on his decision to turn down the invite to apply for a non-executive director at Defra

clock 19 September 2024 • 1 min read
Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: "Sir Brian's main focus obviously would be to protect the badgers"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: "Sir Brian's main focus obviously would be to protect the badgers"

I would like to start my first column by talking about what is going well, and what is not going so well, which is how we open things up at the robotics milking discussion group I am involved with

clock 18 September 2024 • 4 min read
Dairy Matters: "TB - There is no end in sight for farmers, they are expected to just live with this"

Dairy

Dairy Matters: "TB - There is no end in sight for farmers, they are expected to just live with this"

Vets Dr John Gallagher and Roger Blowey give their view on the BBC documentary 'Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me'

clock 18 September 2024 • 6 min read
Exclusive: Daniel Zeichner - Farming Minister - "The policy of this Government is to support and celebrate your work; to tell the brilliant story of British farming overseas; and seek trade deals which open up opportunities for you, rather than selling you down the river"

Blogs

Exclusive: Daniel Zeichner - Farming Minister - "The policy of this Government is to support and celebrate your work; to tell the brilliant story of British farming overseas; and seek trade deals which open up opportunities for you, rather than selling you down the river"

Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner shares his thoughts following a meeting with G20 Agriculture Ministers in Brazil

clock 17 September 2024 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: John Thorley - "Anti-meat-eaters hold centre stage, identifying meat production as barbarism"

Environment

Farming Matters: John Thorley - "Anti-meat-eaters hold centre stage, identifying meat production as barbarism"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Chair of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers - John Thorley

clock 17 September 2024 • 3 min read
'Clarkson's Clause': Does it make diversification easier for farmers?

Diversification

'Clarkson's Clause': Does it make diversification easier for farmers?

Aaron and Partners' Mark Turner delves into what the clause means, the sector’s reaction, and what impact the changes will have on diversification in farming

clock 14 September 2024 • 5 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Evie Winston: "Unfortunately, Britain's wet weather only gets wetter"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Evie Winston: "Unfortunately, Britain's wet weather only gets wetter"

Evie Winston, 17, works for land drainage company BPG Contractors, and she is from Oldham in Greater Manchester

clock 12 September 2024 • 2 min read
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