Opinion and blogs

OPINION: This month's weather is important for grass and grouse

OPINION: This month's weather is important for grass and grouse

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon discusses the importance good weather in of the month of May for both the farming calendar and nature's calendar

Livestock
Katie Fallon
clock 12 May 2026 • 2 min read
Machinery

OPINION: AI – farming's friend or foe?

clock 12 May 2026 • 2 min read
Sheep

Letters: "Like all sheep farmers, we look forward to wool's resurrection again"

clock 12 May 2026 • 3 min read
Education

OPINION: Avoiding the diversity conversation holds farming back

clock 11 May 2026 • 2 min read
Livestock

OPINION: "Different kit, same chaos – farming in the 1980s sounds a lot like farming today"

clock 11 May 2026 • 3 min read
In your field

"It's encouraging to see more female entrants coming into ag colleges and joining us on farm"

clock 11 May 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

"We've had the latest turnout I've seen in the five years I've been running the estate"

clock 10 May 2026 • 3 min read
"We couldn't farm here at Strickley were it not for hedges"

In your field

"We couldn't farm here at Strickley were it not for hedges"

FG columnist and Cumbrian dairy farmer James Robinson on the importance of hedges and diversity in farming

clock 10 May 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters – Jane Craigie: 'Rural areas are anything but uniform'

Politics

Farming Matters – Jane Craigie: 'Rural areas are anything but uniform'

Communications consultant Jane Craigie discusses the outcomes of the OECD's Rural Policy Review of Ireland 2026 and draws comparisons with the Scottish rural sector

clock 09 May 2026 • 4 min read
OPINION: Does Sir Keir Starmer regret battle with farmers on IHT?

Politics

OPINION: Does Sir Keir Starmer regret battle with farmers on IHT?

Local election results across the country so far have indicated unpopular policies such as Inheritance Tax are coming back to bite the Prime Minister and the Labour Party

clock 08 May 2026 • 4 min read