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McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Abbi Hallett - Coming from a non-farming background, this placement has completely changed my understanding of food production

McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Abbi Hallett - Coming from a non-farming background, this placement has completely changed my understanding of food production

As part of an exclusive 12-month blog for Farmers Guardian, the new cohort of youngsters on the McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme talk about their hopes for the future and the impact they can make. This month we hear from 20 year-old Abbi Hallett from Yorkshire

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clock 04 June 2026 • 5 min read
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Dairy Talk - Dan Burdett: "I promised myself last year I would take bolder decisions, and so I hope this year I have the balance right"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Dan Burdett: "I promised myself last year I would take bolder decisions, and so I hope this year I have the balance right"

Dan and his family own and run the 300-hectare (741-acre) Cockhaise Farm, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex. The farm is home to an organic autumn-calving herd of 240 Holstein and Friesian crosses

clock 02 June 2026 • 3 min read
Letters: "Reaching for glyphosate out of habit is no more defensible than prescribing penicillin for a sniffle"

Environment

Letters: "Reaching for glyphosate out of habit is no more defensible than prescribing penicillin for a sniffle"

Farmers Guardian reader Gillon Dobie, from Berwickshire, adds to the ongoing debate on glyphosate usage

clock 02 June 2026 • 1 min read
Opinion: What millions of viewers learned about farming on Saturday night

Young Farmers and Careers

Opinion: What millions of viewers learned about farming on Saturday night

Writing from his family's farm in Cumbria, Farmers Guardian's Tom Ryder discusses why the Hawkstone Farmers' Choir's Britain's Got Talent victory means far more to British agriculture than winning a TV competition

clock 01 June 2026 • 3 min read