Opinion and blogs

Laura Anne Jones MS: "Decisions on bovine TB in Wales should be driven by evidence, not ideology"

Laura Anne Jones MS: "Decisions on bovine TB in Wales should be driven by evidence, not ideology"

Reform Wales’ Shadow Cabinet Minister for Food, Farming and Rural Affairs has accused the new Plaid Cymru Government for taking a 'business-as-usual approach', with no major policy change in tackling bovine TB

Blogs
Rachael Brown
Rachael Brown
clock 15 July 2026 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Niamh McEwan-Wright: "I feel at home on the farm - and my skills continue to grow"

clock 15 July 2026 • 2 min read
Livestock

Opinion: We are all sitting smug with how much grass is in the clamp

clock 14 July 2026 • 1 min read
Farm Business

Letters: "I have never received a penny of support specifically for my native breed cattle, sheep and hill ponies"

clock 14 July 2026 • 2 min read
Machinery

Opinion: Cleaner machinery is good – but who pays the bill?

clock 13 July 2026 • 2 min read
Blogs

OPINION: Showing is much more than a busman's holiday

clock 13 July 2026 • 1 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

Opinion: Not inheriting a farm should not stop you farming

clock 13 July 2026 • 2 min read
Nicola Wordie: "I often find that at this stage the ewes become more competition than company"

Farm Life

Nicola Wordie: "I often find that at this stage the ewes become more competition than company"

Aberdeenshire livestock farmer Nicola Wordie, known as @livestock_farmher on social media, shares what she and her dad have been up to on the farm this month

clock 13 July 2026 • 4 min read
Roger Nicholson: "My aim was always to make sure there was a job available for any family member"

Farm Life

Roger Nicholson: "My aim was always to make sure there was a job available for any family member"

Roger Nicholson of Cannon Hall Farm discusses diversification, farm safety, breeding and his beloved Shire horses

clock 12 July 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: "Are governments listening or have they just learnt to say the right words?"

Politics

Farming Matters: "Are governments listening or have they just learnt to say the right words?"

Rory Hutchings, partner and head of agriculture and estates at HCR Law, discusses the current rhetoric on farming coming from Westminster and the Senedd in Wales.

clock 11 July 2026 • 4 min read