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Letters: "Chris Packham's blaming of sheep for Dartmoor's environmental degradation is an oversimplification"

Environment

Letters: "Chris Packham's blaming of sheep for Dartmoor's environmental degradation is an oversimplification"

Christopher Price, Rare Breeds Survival Trust chief executive, discusses Chris Packham's comments that sheep are destroying precious British habitats, including large parts of Dartmoor

clock 29 July 2025 • 1 min read
EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on IHT: "We need flexibility for the very elderly or those with a terminal illness"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on IHT: "We need flexibility for the very elderly or those with a terminal illness"

TFA chief executive George Dunn writes for Farmers Guardian on what Government should do to change tack on Inheritance Tax changes

clock 28 July 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson - "We have to choose either BPS or SFS, but what will happen if Labour lose the majority of seats in the Senedd at May's election?

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson - "We have to choose either BPS or SFS, but what will happen if Labour lose the majority of seats in the Senedd at May's election?

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 is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 28 July 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Roger Nicholson - "We must hang on to the events that remain and enthusiastically promote our industry"

In your field

In your field: Roger Nicholson - "We must hang on to the events that remain and enthusiastically promote our industry"

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including 'Springtime on the Farm'. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave and Robert and says he has no plans to retire just yet

clock 27 July 2025 • 3 min read
Road to regen: Silas Hedley-Lawrence - "There is a lot of low hanging fruit to make small tweaks in any farming business to help reduce costs"

Farm Business

Road to regen: Silas Hedley-Lawrence - "There is a lot of low hanging fruit to make small tweaks in any farming business to help reduce costs"

Silas Hedley–Lawrence is a farmer, coach and consultant with a decade of hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture. With a background rooted in both commercial and direct selling models, he champions lean, profitable farming systems that increase biodiversity and soil health. Silas is an Integrity Soils trained agroecological coach from the Yellowstone 2024 cohort

clock 25 July 2025 • 3 min read
OPINION - Farm Safety Week: Can farming overcome its poor safety record?

Farm Safety

OPINION - Farm Safety Week: Can farming overcome its poor safety record?

News reporter Chris Brayford reflects on Yellow Wellies' Farm Safety Week and the farming families who have urged the sector to do even more to improve farm safety

clock 25 July 2025 • 1 min read
From the editor: Farage's pitch to Wales strikes right at the heart of rural anxieties

Politics

From the editor: Farage's pitch to Wales strikes right at the heart of rural anxieties

This week from Farmers Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

clock 24 July 2025 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Steve Barclay: "Sacrificing UK progress on gene editing would risk seeing us fall behind other countries"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Steve Barclay: "Sacrificing UK progress on gene editing would risk seeing us fall behind other countries"

Former Defra Secretary Steve Barclay said gene editing could be a game-changer for the precision breeding of crops and livestock

clock 24 July 2025 • 4 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Caroline Voaden: "The Autumn Budget set the tone for what we have seen in Labour's first year in office"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Caroline Voaden: "The Autumn Budget set the tone for what we have seen in Labour's first year in office"

South Devon MP Caroline Voaden said 85% of farmers in her constituency have told her that they could be affected by IHT changes, with average tax bills starting at £637,000

clock 23 July 2025 • 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Georgina Milne: "The answers are not in Westminster, they are in the field"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Georgina Milne: "The answers are not in Westminster, they are in the field"

Georgina Milne, 23, is studying an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security at the Royal Agricultural University. She is also a youth ambassador at the Countryside Alliance

clock 23 July 2025 • 2 min read