Opinion and blogs

View from the Rostrum: Why store lamb values could rise £10-£15/head by the end of October

View from the Rostrum: Why store lamb values could rise £10-£15/head by the end of October

Hobbs Parker managing director John Rossiter looks at the changing bluetongue picture, drought-hit store lamb trade and why he believes values could rise sharply this autumn

Shows & Sales
John Rossiter, Auctioneer
clock 02 September 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Harry Fletcher: "It always felt like the natural career path"

clock 02 September 2026 • 3 min read
Livestock

OPINION: Are ticks next on the agenda for UK livestock sector?

clock 01 September 2026 • 1 min read
Blogs

Opinion: Jim Fairlie - "Bluetongue is becoming an endemic disease in parts of Scotland, one we will need to live and work with, rather than one we can simply keep out"

clock 01 September 2026 • 2 min read
Machinery

Opinion: Electric vehicles still don't add up for rural workloads

clock 01 September 2026 • 1 min read
Farm Life

In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'Despite trying to escape farming, I spent much of the journey looking over hedges'

clock 31 August 2026 • 3 min read
Livestock

In Your Field: James Wright - 'We need a better deal for livestock, farmers and wildlife'

clock 30 August 2026 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: 'If we're serious about food security, we need to be serious about water security'

Water Management

Farming Matters: 'If we're serious about food security, we need to be serious about water security'

James Harrison is a third generation potato grower in Norfolk

clock 29 August 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk: Stuart Sadler - "Food security is a term often banded around by politicians but with no real substance behind anything they say"

Dairy

Dairy Talk: Stuart Sadler - "Food security is a term often banded around by politicians but with no real substance behind anything they say"

Stuart Sadler is a fourth-generation farmer on the 56-hectare (138-acre) Yew Tree Farm just south of Chester in Aldersey. In partnership with his parents, Stuart milks 75 predominantly Friesian cows, calving all year-round and supplying Arla C.A.R.E.

clock 29 August 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy Matters: Sarah Tomlinson - "Changes to bTB control will empower farmers"

Dairy

Dairy Matters: Sarah Tomlinson - "Changes to bTB control will empower farmers"

Sarah Tomlinson, farm vet and TBAS technical director, discuses the latest bovine TB strategy for England

clock 28 August 2026 • 5 min read