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Young Farmer Focus: Jack Ancell - 'I was farming at every opportunity'

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus: Jack Ancell - 'I was farming at every opportunity'

Jack Ancell, aged 23 and from Cheshire, studied Agri-Business at Harper Adams University and is about to embark on starting his own suckler beef farm on a local estate

clock 25 June 2026 • 2 min read
From the editor: Can we move on from a decade of political drift?

Politics

From the editor: Can we move on from a decade of political drift?

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 25 June 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: "It was concerning to see the gap between public perceptions of farming and the realities of modern food production"

Education

OPINION: "It was concerning to see the gap between public perceptions of farming and the realities of modern food production"

Does the public understand the realities of British farming? And the question is, do they want to know more? Alex Cotterill represented the Farming Community Network at an Open Farm Sunday event this year

clock 24 June 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: Time flies when you are having fun

Shows & Sales

OPINION: Time flies when you are having fun

Farmers Guardian's head of livestock asks what is driving the strong lamb prices

clock 24 June 2026 • 1 min read
Opinion: French farmers speak the same language as us

Machinery

Opinion: French farmers speak the same language as us

FG head of machinery and farm technology Toby Whatley reflects on a trip to France and provides his take on regenerative farming

clock 23 June 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: Cancelling livestock sales amid heatwave is just another example of our industry doing what it does best

Livestock

Opinion: Cancelling livestock sales amid heatwave is just another example of our industry doing what it does best

Livestock Reporter Katie Fallon talks animal welfare amid extreme weather warnings

clock 23 June 2026 • 1 min read
Letters: "Good, wholesome food, locally produced, has to be encouraged"

Farm Life

Letters: "Good, wholesome food, locally produced, has to be encouraged"

Farmers Guardian reader John Hart emailed in to add his recollections of the decline in dairy production on the Isle of Wight

clock 23 June 2026 • 1 min read
Opinion: "The Inheritance Tax battle is not over yet"

Young Farmers and Careers

Opinion: "The Inheritance Tax battle is not over yet"

Writing from his family's farm in Cumbria, Farmers Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder explains why confidence in the future of farming feels stronger than it has for some time

clock 22 June 2026 • 2 min read
Opinion: My sheepdog handling skills leave abit to be desired

Livestock

Opinion: My sheepdog handling skills leave abit to be desired

Livestock specialist Ellie Layton looks forward to the World Sheepdog trials set to be held in the Scottish Borders, after the programme was unveiled at the Royal Highland Show

clock 22 June 2026 • 2 min read
Dan Jones: "The reality is that many evenings are spent at the kitchen table trying to navigate online systems"

Farm Life

Dan Jones: "The reality is that many evenings are spent at the kitchen table trying to navigate online systems"

In Your Field columnist Dan Jones on his hopes and reservations following the announcement of the Welsh Government's review of red tape in agriculture

clock 22 June 2026 • 3 min read