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OPINION: The breeding season brings excitement, but bluetongue is testing sheep farmers

Shows & Sales

OPINION: The breeding season brings excitement, but bluetongue is testing sheep farmers

clock 05 August 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: Farmers are not firefighters, but they could be in the best position to help

Machinery

Opinion: Farmers are not firefighters, but they could be in the best position to help

clock 04 August 2026 • 1 min read
Opinion: Rain, at last!

Livestock

Opinion: Rain, at last!

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon talks of rain, new podcast episodes and store lambs

clock 04 August 2026 • 1 min read
Opinion: "Paul Slater reminded me how underrated commercial farming is as a career"

Young Farmers and Careers

Opinion: "Paul Slater reminded me how underrated commercial farming is as a career"

Writing from his family’s farm in Cumbria, Farmers Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder reflects on why commercial sheep farming deserves greater recognition and what young farmers can learn from the Whiteley Hey flock

clock 03 August 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: If this EU livestock transport rule passes, it could destroy UK livestock farming

Sheep

Opinion: If this EU livestock transport rule passes, it could destroy UK livestock farming

Farmers Guardian livestock specialist Ellie Layton on the EU's review of animal welfare during transport

clock 03 August 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: What a fantastic day shining the light on farming for #Farm24

Farm Business

Opinion: What a fantastic day shining the light on farming for #Farm24

Deputy editor Alex Black looks back at the day

clock 31 July 2026 • 1 min read
View from the Rostrum: "The prospects for this autumn's breeding sheep sales look particularly encouraging"

Shows & Sales

View from the Rostrum: "The prospects for this autumn's breeding sheep sales look particularly encouraging"

Ian Atkinson, auctioneer at Hawes Auction Mart reflects on a strong summer season for prime sheep and looks ahead to an encouraging autumn of breeding sheep sales

clock 31 July 2026 • 3 min read
Opinion: What happens when the rain doesn't come?

Arable

Opinion: What happens when the rain doesn't come?

With harvest continuing up and down the country, Ash Ellwood reflects on conversations with growers as to how crops are fairing in the heatwave

clock 31 July 2026 • 2 min read
Silas Hedley-Lawrence: "Ask yourself: What would this pasture actually look like if it were not stressed and overgrazed?"

Sustainable Farming

Silas Hedley-Lawrence: "Ask yourself: What would this pasture actually look like if it were not stressed and overgrazed?"

Regenerative farming consultant Silas Hedley-Lawrence on how to avoid overgrazing during the drought and in future

clock 31 July 2026 • 8 min read
Opinion: BBC Farmwatch: Celebrating the people behind England's farming industry

Entertainment

Opinion: BBC Farmwatch: Celebrating the people behind England's farming industry

From Chris Burns, head of local audio commissioning, BBC Local

clock 30 July 2026 • 3 min read