Opinion and blogs

From the editor: A year of uncertainty

From the editor: A year of uncertainty

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Politics
Katie Jones
Katie Jones
clock 30 October 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "Can producers actually afford to make the most of these grants?"

clock 30 October 2025 • 3 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "If there are fewer farmers, the countryside will be a lot poorer"

clock 29 October 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Richard West: "Short-term fixes and last-minute announcements will not give us the confidence to invest or adapt properly"

clock 29 October 2025 • 2 min read
Education

OPINION: Sophie Smith - "Agriculture is barely acknowledged in the secondary national curriculum"

clock 28 October 2025 • 4 min read
Dairy

Dairy Matters: "Staying informed about market trends is now essential practice for all UK dairy farmers"

clock 28 October 2025 • 5 min read
Livestock

Letters: "Farming communities at risk from Government policy"

clock 28 October 2025 • 1 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "October has been incredibly kind here in Cornwall"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter - "October has been incredibly kind here in Cornwall"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 27 October 2025 • 2 min read
Opinion: "Farming deserves to be part of the education agenda"

Education

Opinion: "Farming deserves to be part of the education agenda"

A new Farmers Guardian-backed campaign is aiming to secure a place for agriculture in our schools. Digital Editor Emily Ashworth explains why its time the Government paid attention

clock 26 October 2025 • 1 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes – "I do feel relaxed and ready to take on work"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes – "I do feel relaxed and ready to take on work"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 26 October 2025 • 3 min read