Opinion and blogs

Roger Evans: "This is a technical term often used by dairy farmers"

Roger Evans: "This is a technical term often used by dairy farmers"

This month, Roger Evans tells us about his recent health 'MOT' and an appointment at the hospital

Dairy
Roger Evans
clock 01 March 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

Wendy Chamberlain: "It feels like the odds are stacked against farmers at the moment"

clock 01 March 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

OPINION: "Farmers are not making anywhere near enough to begin paying IHT, even over 10 years"

clock 28 February 2025 • 1 min read
Farm Business

Tim Farron: "I cannot remember a time when farmers were treated so badly by those in power"

clock 28 February 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

clock 27 February 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

Llyr Gruffydd MS on IHT: "The policy is unforgivable and utterly counter-productive'

clock 27 February 2025 • 4 min read
Blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "The mega storm had blown a sizeable chunk out of our lambing plans"

clock 26 February 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Kirsten Henry: "Enjoy the journey, embrace risk, and just go for it"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Kirsten Henry: "Enjoy the journey, embrace risk, and just go for it"

Ms Henry, 23, writes about being part of Moneymore Young Farmers' Club, her journey as a Nuffield Farming Next-Gen Scholar, and why she is passionate about farming

clock 26 February 2025 • 2 min read
From the lambing shed: Hannah Murrell - "It's not unusual for me to dream about sheep at night"

Sheep

From the lambing shed: Hannah Murrell - "It's not unusual for me to dream about sheep at night"

Norfolk shepherdess Hannah Murrell is gearing up for a very busy lambing season at Gawdy Hall Estate, in Harleston

clock 25 February 2025 • 4 min read
Professor David Rose: "Government, including Defra, must recognise that their language and actions can be one of the major causes of poor farmer wellbeing"

Mental Health

Professor David Rose: "Government, including Defra, must recognise that their language and actions can be one of the major causes of poor farmer wellbeing"

Professor Rose has provided five tips for Government to tackle both causes of, and support for, poor farmer wellbeing

clock 25 February 2025 • 4 min read