Opinion and blogs

In Your Field: Kate Rowell - "We all have our fingers crossed for a better August to get back on track"

In Your Field: Kate Rowell - "We all have our fingers crossed for a better August to get back on track"

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

In your field
Farmers Guardian
clock 07 August 2024 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Elgan Thomas: "I will always be proud to say that I am a Young Farmer"

clock 05 August 2024 • 2 min read
Dairy

OPINION: Current trajectory is unsustainable for dairy

clock 04 August 2024 • 1 min read
Environment

Farming matters: Tom Heap - "Intensive farming will not see many more tomorrows"

clock 01 August 2024 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes - "It is amazing just how much better things look with a bit of greenery in"

clock 31 July 2024 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Dana Bradley-Allen: "I'm looking forward to making my mark as a shepherdess"

clock 27 July 2024 • 2 min read
Blogs

From the editor: "It is revealed that 34 people lost their lives on UK farms in the past year. That is 34 families whose lives have been changed forever"

clock 26 July 2024 • 2 min read
Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors: "Conversations about succession on farm have a time and place"

Farm Business

Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors: "Conversations about succession on farm have a time and place"

The senior associate at law firm Roythornes Solicitors has written a blog on the importance of succession planning for farm businesses

clock 25 July 2024 • 5 min read
Dairy Talk: Claire Eastham: "No one on their death bed said, 'I'm glad I did all that milking'"

Dairy

Dairy Talk: Claire Eastham: "No one on their death bed said, 'I'm glad I did all that milking'"

I have recently been helping to chair the British Grassland Society Summer walks across Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex. I cannot help but think that activities like this are just the tonic most farmers need

clock 24 July 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy Farmer - from the editor: "This should now give dairy farmers some confidence going forward"

Dairy

Dairy Farmer - from the editor: "This should now give dairy farmers some confidence going forward"

I don't quite know where to start this month; the weather, milk prices, milk contract legislation or the new Government

clock 24 July 2024 • 1 min read