Opinion and blogs

Kate Rowell: "It sent a signal that the Scottish Gov sees the red meat sector as an important part of the country's economy"

Kate Rowell: "It sent a signal that the Scottish Gov sees the red meat sector as an important part of the country's economy"

Scottish Borders farmer and QMS chair Kate Rowell on a successful Royal Highland Show and the positive messages from three key Ministers at the event

Farm Life
Kate Rowell
clock 05 July 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

Farming Matters: "In a densely populated and uncertain world, domestic food supply remains a critical priority"

clock 04 July 2026 • 4 min read
Farm Life

Wallace Currie: "Agroecology has been quietly embedded within island life for generations"

clock 03 July 2026 • 6 min read
Education

OPINION: Education is needed when kids ask questions like: 'Do you just chop the meat off and then it grows back?'

clock 03 July 2026 • 1 min read
Education

Opinion: We have to bring back our connection to food

clock 03 July 2026 • 2 min read
Funding

Opinion: A busy week for Defra with SFI and CSHT announcements

clock 03 July 2026 • 2 min read
Blogs

Opinion: Resistance in crops doesn't wait and neither can we

clock 02 July 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: Wildfires – a growing threat Government can no longer ignore

Environment

Opinion: Wildfires – a growing threat Government can no longer ignore

Jane Thynne, Farmers Guardian's head of news and business, reflects on the hot weather and fires in the countryside

clock 02 July 2026 • 3 min read
From the editor: Walking for a cause close to farming's heart

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From the editor: Walking for a cause close to farming's heart

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 02 July 2026 • 2 min read
Holly Atkinson: "I know first-hand how disconnected young people can be from farming because I was one of them"

Education

Holly Atkinson: "I know first-hand how disconnected young people can be from farming because I was one of them"

Through the food we eat, every person connects with agriculture multiple times a day. But how many stop to think about it on a deeper level? Do they think about all the people behind that food, how it's produced or why farmers make the decisions they do? Soil Ed ambassador Holly Atkinson highlights the importance of education

clock 01 July 2026 • 2 min read