Blogs

View from the rostrum: Glyn Lucas - "Why are the policymakers in Europe and across the world not appreciating the importance of food and the vital role of the farmers?"

Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum: Glyn Lucas - "Why are the policymakers in Europe and across the world not appreciating the importance of food and the vital role of the farmers?"

Glyn Lucas on why farmers are undervalued

clock 27 March 2024 • 4 min read
Malcolm Morley: "Farmers grow the farm vets of the future"

Blogs

Malcolm Morley: "Farmers grow the farm vets of the future"

Malcolm Morley is Senior Vice President of the British Veterinary Association

clock 22 March 2024 • 3 min read
Good Evans: "It's not that I'm anti-tree, but I would just pick and choose where they went"

Dairy

Good Evans: "It's not that I'm anti-tree, but I would just pick and choose where they went"

This month, Roger Evans discusses the situation in rural communities, delves into the world of politics and recounts a tale about rats and chainsaws

clock 22 March 2024 • 5 min read
From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

Weather

From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 22)

clock 21 March 2024 • 2 min read
Young Welsh new entrant couple say 'blanket treating' farms shows lack of understanding from Welsh Government

Farm Business

Young Welsh new entrant couple say 'blanket treating' farms shows lack of understanding from Welsh Government

Hollie Blockley and George Sturla set up their meat box business a few years ago and have thoughts on the way new policies could affect Welsh farm businesses

clock 20 March 2024 • 3 min read
Dan Smith: "The farm welcomes underprivileged children...They leave the farm as better people and consider themselves to have a brighter future"

Young Farmers and Careers

Dan Smith: "The farm welcomes underprivileged children...They leave the farm as better people and consider themselves to have a brighter future"

Dan Smith is a farm manager and consultant managing a commercial, net zero livestock farm for the benefit of underprivileged young people as well as the environment in the Wye Valley

clock 06 March 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: "A cynic might say the Prime Minister's speech and package of announcements was a last ditch attempt to woo farmers"

Politics

From the editor: "A cynic might say the Prime Minister's speech and package of announcements was a last ditch attempt to woo farmers"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (February 22)

clock 22 February 2024 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: If you want to be sustainable, focus on farm efficiency

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: If you want to be sustainable, focus on farm efficiency

I start this column on a high; we have just returned from a skiing holiday in France

clock 20 February 2024 • 3 min read
Roger Evans: "There were lots of hoops we had to negotiate"

Dairy

Roger Evans: "There were lots of hoops we had to negotiate"

Part of our exit strategy if you like, was to get planning permission on three of our conventional buildings. I would hasten to add that our exit was forced upon us

clock 19 February 2024 • 4 min read
Emma Smith: With the average age of the British farmer so high, what can we do to encourage young people in?

Farm Life

Emma Smith: With the average age of the British farmer so high, what can we do to encourage young people in?

With a passion for education, Emma Smith, who is from a non-farming background, talks about what more we can do to get people into farming

clock 09 February 2024 • 3 min read