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View from the rostrum: Laura Millar - Showcasing world-class livestock

View from the rostrum: Laura Millar - Showcasing world-class livestock

Laura Millar celebrates Borderway Agri Expo

Shows & Sales
Farmers Guardian
clock 31 October 2024 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: Budget shows 'tax and succession planning is now even more critical' for farm businesses

clock 31 October 2024 • 2 min read
Politics

OPINION: Has Rachel Reeves really stuck a nail in the coffin of UK farmers?

clock 31 October 2024 • 2 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum: Ian Atkinson - Autumn sheep sales were a highlight

clock 30 October 2024 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Those in rural Britain can actually define what a 'working person' is"

clock 30 October 2024 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "Whatever colour badge they wear, MPs are there to represent us"

clock 28 October 2024 • 3 min read
Arable

Eratic weather patterns, pests and Parliamentary inertia are just a few of the challenges facing farmers today

clock 27 October 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Ian Garnett - "I feel sure the future of farming is in safe hands"

In your field

In your field: Ian Garnett - "I feel sure the future of farming is in safe hands"

Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are home-reared and cows are on a composite system. Ian is a representative for Sainsbury’s Dairy Development Group and sits on the AHDB Genetics Advisory Forum

clock 26 October 2024 • 2 min read
Landowners offered insight into Autumn Budget

Politics

Landowners offered insight into Autumn Budget

The Prime Minister has described tomorrow's Budget as ‘painful', and the prevailing view is that it will focus on capital taxes. Sarah Wray, senior associate at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, explains what you can expect

clock 25 October 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson - "Maize is a case of hold your nerve and keep in contact with the contractor"

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson - "Maize is a case of hold your nerve and keep in contact with the contractor"

Emma and her family farm in 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 25 October 2024 • 3 min read