Opinion and blogs

Opinion: I'd rather live next to a farmer than a data centre

Opinion: I'd rather live next to a farmer than a data centre

News and business reporter Mia Willemsen questions why so many data centres are being built on agricultural land

Farm Business
Mia Willemsen
Mia Willemsen
clock 27 August 2026 • 2 min read
Sustainable Farming

Silas Hedley-Lawrence: Before you get the cultivator out, watch where the dust is blowing

clock 27 August 2026 • 4 min read
Politics

From the Editor: Bluetongue isn't going away – our response needs to catch up

clock 27 August 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

In Your Field: Emma Jones - 'Water is something we take for granted, until there isn't enough of it'

clock 26 August 2026 • 3 min read
Farm Life

In Your Field: James Robinson - From drought to dairy success as Strickley milk hits supermarket shelves

clock 26 August 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

OPINION: Is the tide starting to turn on milk prices?

clock 26 August 2026 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Amy Clayton: "I took a shine to this whole farming job"

clock 26 August 2026 • 3 min read
OPINION: 'More than a mart' really does sum up the role of livestock auctions

Shows & Sales

OPINION: 'More than a mart' really does sum up the role of livestock auctions

clock 25 August 2026 • 1 min read
Opinion: Irrigation suddenly becomes cool

Machinery

Opinion: Irrigation suddenly becomes cool

clock 25 August 2026 • 1 min read
Opinion: "I came away from Beef Stock feeling optimistic about the next generation"

Beef

Opinion: "I came away from Beef Stock feeling optimistic about the next generation"

Farmers Guardian livestock reporter Ellie Layton, from a farming family in Herefordshire, reflects on Beef Stock, the next generation and reasons to be positive about the industry

clock 24 August 2026 • 2 min read