Opinion and blogs

Opinion: "I have no idea if I can walk for 24 hours, but Farm24 feels like a good reason to try"

Opinion: "I have no idea if I can walk for 24 hours, but Farm24 feels like a good reason to try"

Writing from his family’s farm in Cumbria, Farmers Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder explains why he and the FG team are taking on a 24-hour walk for farm24 and two important farming charities

Farm24
Tom Ryder
Tom Ryder
clock 06 July 2026 • 2 min read
Livestock

OPINION: It's like 'over the hedge' farming for a living

clock 06 July 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Emma Robinson: "I can have every weather app open but the view of the Black Mountains is usually the best forecast"

clock 06 July 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

Kate Rowell: "It sent a signal that the Scottish Gov sees the red meat sector as an important part of the country's economy"

clock 05 July 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

Farming Matters: "In a densely populated and uncertain world, domestic food supply remains a critical priority"

clock 04 July 2026 • 4 min read
Farm Life

Wallace Currie: "Agroecology has been quietly embedded within island life for generations"

clock 03 July 2026 • 6 min read
Education

OPINION: Education is needed when kids ask questions like: 'Do you just chop the meat off and then it grows back?'

clock 03 July 2026 • 1 min read
Opinion: We have to bring back our connection to food

Education

Opinion: We have to bring back our connection to food

Farmers Guardian digital editor Emily Ashworth on the public's lack of connection to food production and how education is key to reestablishing it

clock 03 July 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: A busy week for Defra with SFI and CSHT announcements

Funding

Opinion: A busy week for Defra with SFI and CSHT announcements

Farmers Guardian deputy editor Alex Black discusses the latest announcements on farm funding

clock 03 July 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: Resistance in crops doesn't wait and neither can we

Blogs

Opinion: Resistance in crops doesn't wait and neither can we

Delegates at Groundswell heard about the current resistance issues within plant protection products with an unclear future path besides responsible use

clock 02 July 2026 • 2 min read