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Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

Rural crime

Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Baroness Shas Sheehan, Chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee

clock 31 January 2026 • 3 min read
Young British Farming Awards 2026: Now open for entries and nominations

British Farming Awards

Young British Farming Awards 2026: Now open for entries and nominations

clock 29 January 2026 • 2 min read
Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave – "If we want a future for farming, we have to teach it"

Young Farmers and Careers

Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave – "If we want a future for farming, we have to teach it"

Eco Ewe founder Olivia Shave on taking food and farming education from LAMMA to Westminster – and turning conversation into consequence

clock 27 January 2026 • 3 min read
Farmers urged to consider five crucial steps ahead of IHT and property tax changes

Farm Business

Farmers urged to consider five crucial steps ahead of IHT and property tax changes

Management group formed to deal with key financial issues

clock 27 January 2026 • 4 min read
Letters: "British farmers risk being abandoned again by animal welfare reform"

Animal Health

Letters: "British farmers risk being abandoned again by animal welfare reform"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Ex-pig farmer John Walmsley, Blackburn, warns that higher welfare laws could once again undercut British farmers if trade protections are not enforced

clock 27 January 2026 • 2 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier – "When world markets fluctuate, it seems the farmer, not the processor or distributor, is expected to take on much of the financial risk"

In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier – "When world markets fluctuate, it seems the farmer, not the processor or distributor, is expected to take on much of the financial risk"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

clock 25 January 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Clare Otridge – "In a volatile moment for UK agriculture, clarity is a form of resilience"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: Clare Otridge – "In a volatile moment for UK agriculture, clarity is a form of resilience"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Clare Otridge, farmer and director of Grounded Research

clock 24 January 2026 • 4 min read
Rural women offered free, four-day course to build skills and confidence

Education

Rural women offered free, four-day course to build skills and confidence

A new networking and education event, Women in Farming: Cultivating Your Future, has been launched by the King's Foundation

clock 22 January 2026 • 2 min read
Toddler drowned playing in shallow river

Farm Safety

Toddler drowned playing in shallow river

A 29 month old little girl drowned while playing in a shallow river - as her father tried to round up sheep in a neighbouring field

clock 21 January 2026 • 2 min read
Letters: "If Gov policies are not in the interests of the farming community, the country, the economy or food security, just who is benefiting?"

Politics

Letters: "If Gov policies are not in the interests of the farming community, the country, the economy or food security, just who is benefiting?"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Trevor Black, York, argues that Government and political policies are undermining British farming, food security and rural communities in favour of external interests

clock 20 January 2026 • 2 min read