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Dairy Talk - Glyn Lucas: "For me our national security and food security is one and the same"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Glyn Lucas: "For me our national security and food security is one and the same"

Glyn Lucas, dairy sales manager for Harrison & Hetherington, discusses the role of beef from the dairy herd fitting into the food chain

clock 24 January 2025 • 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Harry Suckling: "We are united in the hope that APR will be reversed"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Harry Suckling: "We are united in the hope that APR will be reversed"

Suffolk potato grower Harry Suckling writes about his family farm and his hopes to see Chancellor Rachel Reeves' proposed taxation reforms on UK agriculture reversed

clock 24 January 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: Industry now has mandate to force farm assurance reform

Politics

From the editor: Industry now has mandate to force farm assurance reform

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 23 January 2025 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Hester van Hensbergen - "We need to recognise this broken food system, built for corporate benefit, impacts us all"

Politics

Farming Matters: Hester van Hensbergen - "We need to recognise this broken food system, built for corporate benefit, impacts us all"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Oxford Real Farming Conference manager, Hester van Hensbergen

clock 23 January 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: Farmers an 'inconvenience to Labour' and the National Trust has 'lost its founding ethos'

Farm Business

Letters: Farmers an 'inconvenience to Labour' and the National Trust has 'lost its founding ethos'

Two FG readers share their thoughts on Labour's Inheritance Tax changes and the National Trust's 'wildlife and nature recovery' focus

clock 20 January 2025 • 4 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes - "Recent cold weather has worked massively in our favour, as far as plants are concerned anyhow"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes - "Recent cold weather has worked massively in our favour, as far as plants are concerned anyhow"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 19 January 2025 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk: Ifan Roberts – "I realised how fortunate I am to have such a great support network"

Dairy

Dairy Talk: Ifan Roberts – "I realised how fortunate I am to have such a great support network"

As I look back, 2024 was a year of lots of change for me, my business and farming in general in more ways than one

clock 19 January 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Harry Parsons: "For anyone thinking of studying at Harper Adams University, I would say go for it"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Harry Parsons: "For anyone thinking of studying at Harper Adams University, I would say go for it"

Harry Parsons, 22, is a rural business adviser at SRH Agribusiness. He is from Laxey on the Isle of Man.

clock 19 January 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Is it possible supermarkets may just be farming's saviour in the family farm tax fight?"

Politics

From the editor: "Is it possible supermarkets may just be farming's saviour in the family farm tax fight?"

This week from Farmers Guardian's editor Olivia Midgley

clock 18 January 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "We were relieved to have a clear TB test at the beginning of November"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "We were relieved to have a clear TB test at the beginning of November"

We were lucky enough to have a relatively quiet and drama-free Christmas period on the farm, with some drier weather helping

clock 17 January 2025 • 3 min read