Opinion and blogs

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

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.

Dairy
Dairy Farmer
clock 29 August 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

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

clock 28 August 2026 • 5 min read
Poultry

Opinion: Salmonella issue brings import hypocrisy to the forefront

clock 28 August 2026 • 2 min read
Blogs

Opinion: Our community is powerful when united

clock 27 August 2026 • 2 min read
Blogs

Opinion: Plant-based messaging is missing the bigger picture

clock 27 August 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk: Ben Yates - "On the day we were doing our second cut, we reached 36degC in Somerset"

clock 27 August 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Business

Opinion: I'd rather live next to a farmer than a data centre

clock 27 August 2026 • 2 min read
Silas Hedley-Lawrence: Before you get the cultivator out, watch where the dust is blowing

Sustainable Farming

Silas Hedley-Lawrence: Before you get the cultivator out, watch where the dust is blowing

clock 27 August 2026 • 4 min read
From the Editor: Bluetongue isn't going away – our response needs to catch up

Politics

From the Editor: Bluetongue isn't going away – our response needs to catch up

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 27 August 2026 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Emma Jones - 'Water is something we take for granted, until there isn't enough of it'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Emma Jones - 'Water is something we take for granted, until there isn't enough of it'

A family holiday in Brittany offered a welcome break from the farm, but concerns over drought, water supply and the challenges facing dairy farms were never far from mind.

clock 26 August 2026 • 3 min read