Opinion and blogs

Young Farmer Focus - Lucy Turner: "Farming will always be part of who I am"

Young Farmer Focus - Lucy Turner: "Farming will always be part of who I am"

Lucy Turner, 28, is originally from South Wales but now lives in Cirencester where she is a student at the Royal Agricultural University

Young Farmer Focus
Mia Willemsen
clock 27 May 2026 • 3 min read
Livestock

Opinion: "It's hot. It could be too hot"

clock 26 May 2026 • 2 min read
Machinery

Opinion: A non-fossil fuel vision needs to recognise there is a world outside the M25

clock 26 May 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Business

Letters: "Adlington could become a model for how land can deliver productivity, environmental responsibility, and community benefit"

clock 26 May 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Dan Hawes: "Frosts have meant the fruit ripening has gone from full speed to almost nothing"

clock 25 May 2026 • 3 min read
Livestock

Opinion: Fitting my wedding day around lambing, silaging and the glorious twelfth was not on my vision board

clock 25 May 2026 • 1 min read
Dairy

Dairy Matters - Evie Rogers: "Tighter margins require a renewed focus"

clock 24 May 2026 • 5 min read
Alan Carter: "The rats have taken full advantage of the situation. They are looking in tremendous condition"

Farm Life

Alan Carter: "The rats have taken full advantage of the situation. They are looking in tremendous condition"

In Your Field columnist Alan Carter on the start to silage season, the milk price and a rodent problem that has got out of hand

clock 24 May 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters - Rebecca Paul: "Food security starts with protecting our farmland"

Politics

Farming Matters - Rebecca Paul: "Food security starts with protecting our farmland"

Rebecca Paul, MP for Reigate, Surrey, on the Government's proposed changes to planning policy and what this means for food security and rural communities

clock 23 May 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: Racist and derogatory comments in farming need to be called out

Education

Opinion: Racist and derogatory comments in farming need to be called out

After publishing an article on diversity, digital editor Emily Ashworth reflects on the mixed reaction

clock 22 May 2026 • 2 min read