Opinion and blogs

In your field: Kate Rowell – "The big message is that the market is out there"

In your field: Kate Rowell – "The big message is that the market is out there"

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 03 November 2025 • 3 min read
Farm Business

Farming Matters: Alexia Robinson – "From soil to soul: 'We are stronger together"

clock 02 November 2025 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson – "It's the proudest I have ever felt of myself and I am forever grateful for that"

clock 01 November 2025 • 3 min read
Soil

Road to regen: Silas Hedley-Lawrence – top 3 tips on how to start improving soil

clock 31 October 2025 • 1 min read
Politics

OPINION: "Is the Government seriously asking farmers to cover less than 0.5% of the UK's annual debt interest bill?"

clock 30 October 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: A year of uncertainty

clock 30 October 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "Can producers actually afford to make the most of these grants?"

clock 30 October 2025 • 3 min read
Roger Evans: "If there are fewer farmers, the countryside will be a lot poorer"

Dairy

Roger Evans: "If there are fewer farmers, the countryside will be a lot poorer"

This month, Roger Evans discusses the important role that farmers play in their communities, and how having fewer farmers will impact society

clock 29 October 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Richard West: "Short-term fixes and last-minute announcements will not give us the confidence to invest or adapt properly"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Richard West: "Short-term fixes and last-minute announcements will not give us the confidence to invest or adapt properly"

Arable farmer Richard West writes on his mixed feelings regarding Defra's extension of Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements, decisions made in Government which do not account for the farming calendar and why farmers are proud to support the environment

clock 29 October 2025 • 2 min read
OPINION: Sophie Smith - "Agriculture is barely acknowledged in the secondary national curriculum"

Education

OPINION: Sophie Smith - "Agriculture is barely acknowledged in the secondary national curriculum"

Sophie Smith is head of biology and agriculture at Westonbirt School and has recently implemented a BTEC agriculture course to encourage learning about food, farming and sustainability

clock 28 October 2025 • 4 min read