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Young Farmer Focus - Edward Harrison: "What unites us is the passion for what we do"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Edward Harrison: "What unites us is the passion for what we do"

Edward Harrison, 27, is a rare and native breed farmer from Carlisle in Cumbria. He writes about SFI, what unites farming more than anything, selling direct to customers and why he is proud to work in the sector

clock 02 April 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "The bandwagon of vindictive socialism [against farming] rolls on"

Politics

Letters: "The bandwagon of vindictive socialism [against farming] rolls on"

FG reader Hugh Wroth, from Wiltshire, shares his views on the current Labour Government's farming policies

clock 01 April 2025 • 1 min read
Letters: Farming Matters on IHT "upsetting and annoying" but made "some very pertinent points"

Politics

Letters: Farming Matters on IHT "upsetting and annoying" but made "some very pertinent points"

FG readers respond to Andy Welford's views on Inheritance Tax in his Farming Matters column

clock 01 April 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes – "Everything has started to grow, the ground has finally dried out... Long may the sun continue"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes – "Everything has started to grow, the ground has finally dried out... Long may the sun continue"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent

clock 31 March 2025 • 2 min read
In your field: Alan Carter – "When you have been in a parlour since the pushchair, you can take all this for granted"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter – "When you have been in a parlour since the pushchair, you can take all this for granted"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162-hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, supplying Saputo

clock 31 March 2025 • 3 min read
Dairy Matters - Rob Kirk: "When grant funding becomes available there is a risk farmers focus on what they can get, not what they need"

Dairy

Dairy Matters - Rob Kirk: "When grant funding becomes available there is a risk farmers focus on what they can get, not what they need"

Robert Kirk, of smaXtec, discusses what farmers should consider when thinking about applying for a grant

clock 30 March 2025 • 5 min read
Little Lambers: "I asked mum and dad if I could get my own sheep for my birthday"

Young Farmers and Careers

Little Lambers: "I asked mum and dad if I could get my own sheep for my birthday"

Isla Hare, seven, is from Tong in West Yorkshire. She writes about her love of farming and sheep, showing sheep at shows, and reading Farmers Guardian with her grandad

clock 30 March 2025 • 3 min read
OPINION: "Is the Land Use Framework another threat to the viability of English farms?"

Politics

OPINION: "Is the Land Use Framework another threat to the viability of English farms?"

Laura Greenman, of HCR Law, said: "While the Framework focuses on planning, energy and infrastructure, little consideration has been given to food security"

clock 29 March 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Having some spring grass available in the milking herd ration is driving some very encouraging milk yields"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Having some spring grass available in the milking herd ration is driving some very encouraging milk yields"

Ifan Roberts is a new entrant who has established a contract farming agreement milking 500 block calving cows in Cheshire

clock 29 March 2025 • 3 min read
Hudda Morgan: "The next generation may not be ready to take on the running of a farm"

Politics

Hudda Morgan: "The next generation may not be ready to take on the running of a farm"

Hudda Morgan is a partner at legal firm Spencer West LLP. She writes about Inheritance Tax for farmers and some of the changes which Chancellor Rachel Reeves could adopt in the next Budget

clock 29 March 2025 • 3 min read