Opinion and blogs

Young Farmer Focus - Reggie Deakin: "Farmers are willing to give you a chance, even if you do not have all the skills yet"

Young Farmer Focus - Reggie Deakin: "Farmers are willing to give you a chance, even if you do not have all the skills yet"

Reggie Deakin, 21, is an assistant farm manager at Wigborough Wick Farm in St Osyth, Essex

Young Farmer Focus
Reggie Deakin
clock 04 February 2026 • 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: "I am serious about my passion for our farming communities"

clock 03 February 2026 • 3 min read
Arable

Letters: "It's important to consider the consequences of glyphosate not being a tool in the box"

clock 03 February 2026 • 1 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Kevin Hollinrake: "Farmers should not have to feel forgotten as they often seem to be by this Government"

clock 02 February 2026 • 5 min read
In your field

In your field: James & Isobel Wright – "We had two inconclusives after being clear of bovine TB for over 20 years; I tempted fate"

clock 02 February 2026 • 2 min read
Conservation

In your field: Dan Jones – "What concerns me is when conservation grazing is spoken about as if farmers are simply service providers"

clock 01 February 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Robert Reed: 'A crash in milk price is not what we need'

clock 31 January 2026 • 4 min read
Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

Rural crime

Farming Matters: Baroness Shas Sheehan – "There is a culture of low risk and high rewards for waste crime – the new narcotics"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Baroness Shas Sheehan, Chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee

clock 31 January 2026 • 3 min read
On US soil: 'US agriculture is not feeling we are being treated fairly'

Politics

On US soil: 'US agriculture is not feeling we are being treated fairly'

With the world’s focus on Donald Trump and US politics, how are American farmers feeling? One Ohio farmer gives his insight on the reality of the situation

clock 30 January 2026 • 4 min read
Letters - Distribution centre protester Mark Watler: "British farmers deserve better"

Politics

Letters - Distribution centre protester Mark Watler: "British farmers deserve better"

Mark Watler, a farmworker from Leicestershire, says farmer protests are about fairness as blockades outside distribution centres enter their fourth week

clock 30 January 2026 • 1 min read