Opinion and blogs

In your field - Kate Rowell: "It's taken seven years to build numbers back to where we were before the Beast from the East"

In your field - Kate Rowell: "It's taken seven years to build numbers back to where we were before the Beast from the East"

Kate Rowell is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

In your field
Kate Rowell
clock 08 December 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: NEW WRITER - Nicola Wordie: "Farming is our life, our family and our story"

clock 07 December 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

Farming Matters – Fran Barrigan: "Budget is a missed opportunity for farm businesses"

clock 06 December 2025 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: "Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"

clock 06 December 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Charlie Gronning: "Buy your Christmas turkey from a local British supplier"

clock 05 December 2025 • 2 min read
Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE - Martin Lines: "What does it mean to be a farmer today?"

clock 04 December 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

Dairy farmers will need to weather the storm

clock 04 December 2025 • 1 min read
Dog handler focus - Hayley Hunewill: "Their intelligence, instinct and stamina make my operation possible."

Livestock

Dog handler focus - Hayley Hunewill: "Their intelligence, instinct and stamina make my operation possible."

In this series, we focus on emerging working dog handlers who are heading up the industry. We will explore their successes, trials and tribulations in the journey as they become the next generation of skilled sheepdog handlers

clock 04 December 2025 • 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Jessica Tilley-Moore: "More young people need to learn about where their food comes from, and that starts with education"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Jessica Tilley-Moore: "More young people need to learn about where their food comes from, and that starts with education"

Sheep farmer Jessica Tilley-Moore, from Heath Hayes in Staffordshire, writes about her journey into farming, breaking down barriers, and why she wants to help others experience the joys the sector has to offer

clock 03 December 2025 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on the Autumn Budget: "The Chancellor has run scared from meeting farmers and their representative bodies to debate her policies"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on the Autumn Budget: "The Chancellor has run scared from meeting farmers and their representative bodies to debate her policies"

TFA chief executive George Dunn writes for Farmers Guardian on the Autumn Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves' lack of engagement with farmers, and how she can start to restore confidence in the tenant farming sector

clock 02 December 2025 • 4 min read