Opinion and blogs

In Your Field: James Robinson – "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

In Your Field: James Robinson – "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

In Your Field columnist James Robinson on climate extremes, the impact of hot weather on cows and tree planting

In your field
James Robinson
James Robinson
clock 19 July 2026 • 3 min read
Blogs

Farming Matters: Burnham's farming test will be SPS, not slogans

clock 18 July 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

Opinion: Farmers just want to farm and policy needs to enable that

clock 17 July 2026 • 2 min read
Blogs

Opinion: England's semi-final heartbreak shows why winning isn't always enough – just ask Keir Starmer

clock 16 July 2026 • 3 min read
Blogs

Opinion: Agriculture is still an industry where neighbours lend machinery, friends answer the phone without hesitation, and families rearrange their day because someone needs a hand

clock 16 July 2026 • 2 min read
Pig

Opinion: Support is needed as pig crisis continues

clock 16 July 2026 • 1 min read
Politics

From the editor: Fire risk demands a rethink on land management

clock 16 July 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk: Robert Reed - "We haven't been this long bTB-free for nearly 15 years"

Dairy

Dairy Talk: Robert Reed - "We haven't been this long bTB-free for nearly 15 years"

Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres

clock 16 July 2026 • 4 min read
OPINION: There is nowhere quite like the Great Yorkshire Show

Shows & Sales

OPINION: There is nowhere quite like the Great Yorkshire Show

Farmers Guardian head of livestock Angela Calvert on spending time at the Great Yorkshire Show

clock 15 July 2026 • 1 min read
Laura Anne Jones MS: "Decisions on bovine TB in Wales should be driven by evidence, not ideology"

Blogs

Laura Anne Jones MS: "Decisions on bovine TB in Wales should be driven by evidence, not ideology"

Reform Wales’ Shadow Cabinet Minister for Food, Farming and Rural Affairs has accused the new Plaid Cymru Government for taking a 'business-as-usual approach', with no major policy change in tackling bovine TB

clock 15 July 2026 • 3 min read