Opinion and blogs

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

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

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Sue Andrews, farmer and author, recounts the rich history of Britain’s wool industry

Sheep
Sue Andrews
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
In your field

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

clock 10 May 2026 • 3 min read
Politics

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

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
OPINION: Farmers come together to weather yet another storm

Blogs

OPINION: Farmers come together to weather yet another storm

The agricultural industry is forced to fire fight once again as the mainstream media pounces on the new glyphosate row

clock 07 May 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: From flood to drought: Is this normal farming now?

Blogs

OPINION: From flood to drought: Is this normal farming now?

With challenging swings in weather, Farmers Guardian head of arable Ash Ellwood, ponders what a 'normal' season looks like, and if there is such a thing?

clock 07 May 2026 • 1 min read