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Young Farmer Focus - Henry Morris "When I get home from school I can't wait to change into my overalls"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Henry Morris "When I get home from school I can't wait to change into my overalls"

Henry Morris is 7 and 1/2 years of age, and everyone knows he is mad about farming

clock 04 March 2026 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: "Rural disadvantage tends to appear in isolated pockets rather than being concentrated as it is in urban areas"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: "Rural disadvantage tends to appear in isolated pockets rather than being concentrated as it is in urban areas"

Ribble Valley MP Maya Ellis writes on the work of the Labour Rural Research Group, an upcoming report on rural poverty and why rural communities have felt overlooked over the past 15 years

clock 03 March 2026 • 3 min read
Letters: "Farm enterprises should have a place in any future talks with the EU"

Brexit

Letters: "Farm enterprises should have a place in any future talks with the EU"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Liz Staley, Cumbria, calls for stronger post-Brexit food controls and greater support for farmers and small businesses to rebuild the UK economy and empower the next generation

clock 03 March 2026 • 1 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "We want to restore prestige to the phrase 'Made in Britain' on food"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Victoria Atkins: "We want to restore prestige to the phrase 'Made in Britain' on food"

The Conservatives said they will close the ‘flag loophole' and make food origin labelling clearer so that consumers can be sure that they are buying food which is actually grown and produced in the UK by British farmers

clock 02 March 2026 • 4 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier – "I would like to see farmers given greater opportunity to use knowledge of their land to work with the weather, not battle against it"

In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier – "I would like to see farmers given greater opportunity to use knowledge of their land to work with the weather, not battle against it"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

clock 02 March 2026 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk - Stuart Sadler: "Our milk buyer didn't pick up our milk for four days"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Stuart Sadler: "Our milk buyer didn't pick up our milk for four days"

Stuart Sadler is a fourth-generation farmer on the 56-hectare (138-acre) Yew Tree Farm just south of Chester in Aldersey. In partnership with his parents, Stuart milks 75 predominantly Friesian cows calving all year-round supplying Arla C.A.R.E.

clock 02 March 2026 • 3 min read
In your field: James Robinson – "A generational farming baton has been passed down to me: Dad has retired from mole catching"

In your field

In your field: James Robinson – "A generational farming baton has been passed down to me: Dad has retired from mole catching"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 01 March 2026 • 3 min read
Dairy Matters - Mark Chatterton: 'If support is thinning, margins need to fatten'

Dairy

Dairy Matters - Mark Chatterton: 'If support is thinning, margins need to fatten'

Mark Chatterton is the director and head of agriculture at Duncan & Toplis, which is one of the largest accounting and business advisers in the UK

clock 01 March 2026 • 5 min read
Farming Matters – Alastair Leake: "Resilience to climate change needs to come in many forms"

Environment

Farming Matters – Alastair Leake: "Resilience to climate change needs to come in many forms"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Alistair Leake, director of policy at the Allerton Project

clock 28 February 2026 • 4 min read
Road to Regen: Top tips to avoid overgrazing in the spring

Farm Business

Road to Regen: Top tips to avoid overgrazing in the spring

Silas Hedley-Lawrence is a farmer, coach and consultant with a decade of hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture. With a background rooted in both commercial and direct selling models, he champions lean, profitable farming systems that increase biodiversity and soil health. Silas is an Integrity Soils trained agroecological coach from the Yellowstone 2024 cohort

clock 27 February 2026 • 6 min read