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From the editor: "This level of distrust must be 'urgently' repaired if Red Tractor is to get farmers back on side"

Politics

From the editor: "This level of distrust must be 'urgently' repaired if Red Tractor is to get farmers back on side"

This week from Farmers Guardian's chief reporter Rachael Brown (March 8)

clock 07 March 2024 • 2 min read
Dan Smith: "The farm welcomes underprivileged children...They leave the farm as better people and consider themselves to have a brighter future"

Young Farmers and Careers

Dan Smith: "The farm welcomes underprivileged children...They leave the farm as better people and consider themselves to have a brighter future"

Dan Smith is a farm manager and consultant managing a commercial, net zero livestock farm for the benefit of underprivileged young people as well as the environment in the Wye Valley

clock 06 March 2024 • 3 min read
Jenny Jefferies: "[We] converted to regenerative agriculture about seven years ago, and one of the key principles of this is the introduction of livestock into the arable system"

Blogs

Jenny Jefferies: "[We] converted to regenerative agriculture about seven years ago, and one of the key principles of this is the introduction of livestock into the arable system"

Jenny Jefferies is an award-winning cookbook author with a passion for British agriculture. Her latest book explores regenerative farming around the world, and how this method could unite us on the quest for net zero and a sustainable food system

clock 05 March 2024 • 5 min read
Farming matters: John Thorley - "National Parks bring no benefits"

Farm Life

Farming matters: John Thorley - "National Parks bring no benefits"

News reported in Farmers Guardian highlighting NFU Scotland’s challenge over National Parks struck a chord, one which I hope will go on reverberating until the entire edifice of National Parks is challenged

clock 05 March 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Farming has become even more marginal"

Farm Life

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Farming has become even more marginal"

James and Isobel are new entrants and formerly had a 45-hectare (111-acre) fiveyear Farm Business Tenancy at Wiston. That has come to an end and they are looking for a new tenancy. James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

clock 04 March 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - "I was once again blown away by the sheer scale of the farming operations"

Livestock

In your field: Dan Jones - "I was once again blown away by the sheer scale of the farming operations"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

clock 04 March 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: 'Uncertainty' as countdown begins on the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation

Politics

From the editor: 'Uncertainty' as countdown begins on the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 1)

clock 29 February 2024 • 2 min read
First Minister Mark Drakeford: "We want a successful future for Welsh farming"

Politics

First Minister Mark Drakeford: "We want a successful future for Welsh farming"

First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford speaks to Farmers Guardian about his thoughts on the current farming climate in Wales

clock 28 February 2024 • 4 min read
Crop walk with Simon Nelson: Spring crops are decided in the main

Arable

Crop walk with Simon Nelson: Spring crops are decided in the main

The first of the 2024 series where agronomist Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria, north Lancashire and into south west Scotland.

clock 24 February 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: James Robinson - "Bovine TB policy, it is like wading through treacle"

Livestock

In your field: James Robinson - "Bovine TB policy, it is like wading through treacle"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 23 February 2024 • 3 min read