Opinion and blogs

In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'Despite trying to escape farming, I spent much of the journey looking over hedges'

In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'Despite trying to escape farming, I spent much of the journey looking over hedges'

Dan Jones discusses cycling more than 3,000 miles from Trondheim in Norway to Kalamata in Greece

Farm Life
Katie Jones
Katie Jones
clock 31 August 2026 • 3 min read
Livestock

In Your Field: James Wright - 'We need a better deal for livestock, farmers and wildlife'

clock 30 August 2026 • 2 min read
Water Management

Farming Matters: 'If we're serious about food security, we need to be serious about water security'

clock 29 August 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk: Stuart Sadler - "Food security is a term often banded around by politicians but with no real substance behind anything they say"

clock 29 August 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Matters: Sarah Tomlinson - "Changes to bTB control will empower farmers"

clock 28 August 2026 • 5 min read
Poultry

Opinion: Salmonella issue brings import hypocrisy to the forefront

clock 28 August 2026 • 2 min read
Blogs

Opinion: Our community is powerful when united

clock 27 August 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: Plant-based messaging is missing the bigger picture

Blogs

Opinion: Plant-based messaging is missing the bigger picture

A visit to the local Zoo prompts Ashleigh Ellwood to question simplistic ‘eat more plants’ messaging, arguing sustainability is far more complicated than choosing plants over meat

clock 27 August 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk: Ben Yates - "On the day we were doing our second cut, we reached 36degC in Somerset"

Dairy

Dairy Talk: Ben Yates - "On the day we were doing our second cut, we reached 36degC in Somerset"

Ben Yates manages Mells Park Estate in Somerset, where he oversees a 400-cow unit and manages the 405-hectare (1,000-acre) estate. Along with his wife and two sons, Ben has his own small herd of pedigree Holsteins under the Wowcow prefix. He joined the Holstein UK Board of Trustees in 2021

clock 27 August 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: I'd rather live next to a farmer than a data centre

Farm Business

Opinion: I'd rather live next to a farmer than a data centre

News and business reporter Mia Willemsen questions why so many data centres are being built on agricultural land

clock 27 August 2026 • 2 min read