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Opinion: Farmers just want to farm and policy needs to enable that

Politics

Opinion: Farmers just want to farm and policy needs to enable that

Deputy editor Alex Black reflects on a discussion on the future of hill farming in Cumbria

clock 17 July 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: Agriculture is still an industry where neighbours lend machinery, friends answer the phone without hesitation, and families rearrange their day because someone needs a hand

Blogs

Opinion: Agriculture is still an industry where neighbours lend machinery, friends answer the phone without hesitation, and families rearrange their day because someone needs a hand

Surprising lesson that FG head of arable Ash Ellwood learns while awaiting breakdown recovery from North Yorkshire

clock 16 July 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: Support is needed as pig crisis continues

Pig

Opinion: Support is needed as pig crisis continues

Deputy editor Alex Black discusses the issues in the pork sector

clock 16 July 2026 • 1 min read
From the editor: Fire risk demands a rethink on land management

Politics

From the editor: Fire risk demands a rethink on land management

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 16 July 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk: Robert Reed - "We haven't been this long bTB-free for nearly 15 years"

Dairy

Dairy Talk: Robert Reed - "We haven't been this long bTB-free for nearly 15 years"

Farming 405 hectares (1,000 acres), a mix of tenanted and owned land at Gatcombe Farm, near Seaton, Devon, Robert Reed and his family milk 350 all-year-round calving Holstein cows via five robots and are achieving average yields of 12,000 litres

clock 16 July 2026 • 4 min read
OPINION: There is nowhere quite like the Great Yorkshire Show

Shows & Sales

OPINION: There is nowhere quite like the Great Yorkshire Show

Farmers Guardian head of livestock Angela Calvert on spending time at the Great Yorkshire Show

clock 15 July 2026 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Niamh McEwan-Wright: "I feel at home on the farm - and my skills continue to grow"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Niamh McEwan-Wright: "I feel at home on the farm - and my skills continue to grow"

Niamh McEwan-Wright, 16, is studying a T Level land-based agricultural course at Bishop Burton College in East Yorkshire. She lives near York, North Yorkshire

clock 15 July 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: We are all sitting smug with how much grass is in the clamp

Livestock

Opinion: We are all sitting smug with how much grass is in the clamp

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon talks of good grass crops and the recent warm weather

clock 14 July 2026 • 1 min read
Letters: "I have never received a penny of support specifically for my native breed cattle, sheep and hill ponies"

Farm Business

Letters: "I have never received a penny of support specifically for my native breed cattle, sheep and hill ponies"

Farmers Guardian reader Sam Sykes, from Sheffield, responds to Christopher Price's recent Farming Matters column on funding to preserve rare breeds

clock 14 July 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: Cleaner machinery is good – but who pays the bill?

Machinery

Opinion: Cleaner machinery is good – but who pays the bill?

clock 13 July 2026 • 2 min read