Opinion and blogs

Dairy Matters - Mark Chatterton: 'If support is thinning, margins need to fatten'

Dairy Matters - Mark Chatterton: 'If support is thinning, margins need to fatten'

Mark Chatterton is the director and head of agriculture at Duncan & Toplis, which is one of the largest accounting and business advisers in the UK

Dairy
Dairy Farmer
clock 01 March 2026 • 5 min read
Environment

Farming Matters – Alastair Leake: "Resilience to climate change needs to come in many forms"

clock 28 February 2026 • 4 min read
Farm Business

Road to Regen: Top tips to avoid overgrazing in the spring

clock 27 February 2026 • 6 min read
Blogs

OPINION: Does the betrayal over IHT mean partnership with Defra will never be possible?

clock 27 February 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

OPINION: Abby Allen - "If we want a sustainable future, it starts with education, and it starts with young"

clock 26 February 2026 • 1 min read
Farm Business

Was there a change in mood at this year's NFU Conference?

clock 26 February 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "It says little for the value of milk"

clock 26 February 2026 • 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus – Alys Beckett: "Traditional stereotypes are gradually changing, and people are beginning to realise that women are just as capable"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Alys Beckett: "Traditional stereotypes are gradually changing, and people are beginning to realise that women are just as capable"

Alys Beckett, 24, is from Wrexham in Wales. She is currently working as a primary school teacher alongside her obligations on the family farm

clock 25 February 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Mo Metcalf-Fisher: "Proposals represent a significant threat to the countryside and Britain's half a million shotgun certificate holders"

Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE - Mo Metcalf-Fisher: "Proposals represent a significant threat to the countryside and Britain's half a million shotgun certificate holders"

Is the Government waging a war on the countryside with proposals to merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses which could undermine the countryside, the rural way of life, farmers and gamekeepers?

clock 24 February 2026 • 3 min read
Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

Beef

Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Philip Morgan, Powys, reflects on the transformation of UK beef breeding over the past 50 years

clock 24 February 2026 • 2 min read