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Young Farmer Focus – Alys Beckett: "Traditional stereotypes are gradually changing, and people are beginning to realise that women are just as capable"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Alys Beckett: "Traditional stereotypes are gradually changing, and people are beginning to realise that women are just as capable"

Alys Beckett, 24, is from Wrexham in Wales. She is currently working as a primary school teacher alongside her obligations on the family farm

clock 25 February 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Mo Metcalf-Fisher: "Proposals represent a significant threat to the countryside and Britain's half a million shotgun certificate holders"

Farm Life

EXCLUSIVE - Mo Metcalf-Fisher: "Proposals represent a significant threat to the countryside and Britain's half a million shotgun certificate holders"

Is the Government waging a war on the countryside with proposals to merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses which could undermine the countryside, the rural way of life, farmers and gamekeepers?

clock 24 February 2026 • 3 min read
Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

Beef

Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Philip Morgan, Powys, reflects on the transformation of UK beef breeding over the past 50 years

clock 24 February 2026 • 2 min read
View from the Rostrum – Andrew Clements: "Ultimately, the demand for dairy cows – albeit lessening – is still there"

Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum – Andrew Clements: "Ultimately, the demand for dairy cows – albeit lessening – is still there"

Auctioneer and partner at GTH, Andrew Clements on dairy’s ups and downs

clock 23 February 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: Mind Your Head – Inheriting land and legacy, but breaking the silence

Mental Health

Opinion: Mind Your Head – Inheriting land and legacy, but breaking the silence

Farm Safety Foundation ambassador Poggy Murray Whitham explores how issues like isolation, legacy, identity and changing cultural attitudes are shaping a gradual shift toward greater openness and peer support in farming

clock 23 February 2026 • 11 min read
In your field: Nicola Wordie – "That's farming in 2026 so far: constant adaptation, measured risks and working with whatever the weather throws at us"

In your field

In your field: Nicola Wordie – "That's farming in 2026 so far: constant adaptation, measured risks and working with whatever the weather throws at us"

Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental-cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life

clock 23 February 2026 • 2 min read
In your field: Roger Nicholson – "I believe that the industrialisation of farming has removed a lot of the joy"

In your field

In your field: Roger Nicholson – "I believe that the industrialisation of farming has removed a lot of the joy"

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including Springtime on the Farm. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave, Robert and Richard and says he has no plans to retire just yet

clock 22 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters – Jill Attenborough: "Does one day on a farm really make a difference to disadvantaged children? Yes. These hours are transformative"

Education

Farming Matters – Jill Attenborough: "Does one day on a farm really make a difference to disadvantaged children? Yes. These hours are transformative"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Jill Attenborough, chief executive, The Country Trust

clock 21 February 2026 • 3 min read
View from the Rostrum - Russell Steer: "With numbers looking tight, there has never been a better time to market your stock"

Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum - Russell Steer: "With numbers looking tight, there has never been a better time to market your stock"

Auctioneer at Kivells Exeter, Russell Steer discusses the high demand in sheep trade

clock 20 February 2026 • 3 min read
2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"

Farm Life

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"

British agriculture was rocked to the core 25 years ago by the foot-and-mouth crisis. Have lessons been learnt at a time when the UK food supply chain is being compromised by illegal meat and cheap food imports?

clock 19 February 2026 • 2 min read