Opinion and blogs

Livestock

Opinion: Every day is a school day in farming

clock 30 June 2026 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Letters: "While geography divides us, the core challenges facing the global farming family are universal"

clock 30 June 2026 • 1 min read
Young Farmers and Careers

Opinion: The secret about agricultural show wrestling that nobody tells you

clock 29 June 2026 • 2 min read
Beef

Opinion: If I had £1 for every time I opened the weather apps last week

clock 29 June 2026 • 2 min read
Arable

Dan Hawes: "Getting behind isn't an option when the numbers are date-critical to grow a good-quality plant for our customers"

clock 29 June 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "We just shrug our shoulders and try not to spill too much milk"

clock 29 June 2026 • 4 min read
Alan Carter: "Will they want smaller dairy farms that can't continually expand in the future?

Dairy

Alan Carter: "Will they want smaller dairy farms that can't continually expand in the future?

In Your Field columnist Alan Carter on the weather in Cornwall, mischievous cows, the Royal Cornwall Show being cancelled, and the decline in dairy farms

clock 28 June 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk: Becky Fenton: "Unfortunately, milk contracts are not farmer-friendly"

Dairy

Dairy Talk: Becky Fenton: "Unfortunately, milk contracts are not farmer-friendly"

Becky Fenton and husband Paul milk 200 pedigree Holsteins under the Springlebee prefix at Centenary Farm, a Cheshire county council farm. In 2021, they bought a farm in Staffordshire and they plan to farm there once the new dairy set-up has been built

clock 27 June 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: "I farm regeneratively because I believe we can produce food in a way that heals rather than harms"

Dairy

Farming Matters: "I farm regeneratively because I believe we can produce food in a way that heals rather than harms"

Matthew Elphick, a regenerative dairy farmer from Redhill, Surrey, explains why he has chosen the regenerative route and the challenges it brings

clock 27 June 2026 • 3 min read