Opinion and blogs

From the editor: A welcome price rise, but the drought's bite isn't over yet

From the editor: A welcome price rise, but the drought's bite isn't over yet

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Business
Katie Jones
Katie Jones
clock 03 September 2026 • 2 min read
Shows & Sales

OPINION: The highs and lows of livestock farming

clock 02 September 2026 • 1 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum: Why store lamb values could rise £10-£15/head by the end of October

clock 02 September 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Harry Fletcher: "It always felt like the natural career path"

clock 02 September 2026 • 3 min read
Livestock

OPINION: Are ticks next on the agenda for UK livestock sector?

clock 01 September 2026 • 1 min read
Blogs

Opinion: Jim Fairlie - "Bluetongue is becoming an endemic disease in parts of Scotland, one we will need to live and work with, rather than one we can simply keep out"

clock 01 September 2026 • 2 min read
Machinery

Opinion: Electric vehicles still don't add up for rural workloads

clock 01 September 2026 • 1 min read
In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'Despite trying to escape farming, I spent much of the journey looking over hedges'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'Despite trying to escape farming, I spent much of the journey looking over hedges'

Dan Jones discusses cycling more than 3,000 miles from Trondheim in Norway to Kalamata in Greece

clock 31 August 2026 • 3 min read
In Your Field: James Wright - 'We need a better deal for livestock, farmers and wildlife'

Livestock

In Your Field: James Wright - 'We need a better deal for livestock, farmers and wildlife'

Farmer and columnist James Wright reflects on time spent in New Zealand

clock 30 August 2026 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: 'If we're serious about food security, we need to be serious about water security'

Water Management

Farming Matters: 'If we're serious about food security, we need to be serious about water security'

James Harrison is a third generation potato grower in Norfolk

clock 29 August 2026 • 3 min read