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Letters: "Fewer cows, fewer producers, yet more milk in the market with prices plummeting... the sums just do not add up"

Dairy

Letters: "Fewer cows, fewer producers, yet more milk in the market with prices plummeting... the sums just do not add up"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Ruth Umpleby discusses the dairy sector and recent milk price reductions

clock 07 October 2025 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: "Our mission has remained unwavering: to champion wool"

Sustainable Farming

Farming Matters: "Our mission has remained unwavering: to champion wool"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Peter Ackroyd MBE, chair, Campaign for Wool

clock 06 October 2025 • 3 min read
In your field - Roger Nicholson: "We will be celebrating our 60th wedding anniversary... A lifetime spent in farming, and we've loved it"

In your field

In your field - Roger Nicholson: "We will be celebrating our 60th wedding anniversary... A lifetime spent in farming, and we've loved it"

Roger farms with his family at Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and has appeared in various TV series, including 'Springtime on the Farm'

clock 05 October 2025 • 3 min read
In your field - Emma Robinson: "I met with our Labour MP to discuss this very poorly thought-out Inheritance Tax policy"

In your field

In your field - Emma Robinson: "I met with our Labour MP to discuss this very poorly thought-out Inheritance Tax policy"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 04 October 2025 • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: 'Farmers must be at the heart of trade policy'

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Ann Davies: 'Farmers must be at the heart of trade policy'

Plaid Cymru MP Ann Davies writes on how farming standards have been undermined in trade deals, the dangers of Sir Keir’s appeasement of US President Donald Trump, and why agriculture should be at the heart of trade policy

clock 03 October 2025 • 4 min read
Daryl Shailes talking roots: "Potato yields have held up on all but the lightest of soils"

Agronomy

Daryl Shailes talking roots: "Potato yields have held up on all but the lightest of soils"

Hutchinsons agronomist discusses root crop progress in our latest 'Talking Roots'

clock 02 October 2025 • 3 min read
From the editor: "Dairy farmers face the perfect storm as milk prices tumble"

Dairy

From the editor: "Dairy farmers face the perfect storm as milk prices tumble"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 02 October 2025 • 2 min read
OPINION: Labour members left confused by Trailer of Truth

Politics

OPINION: Labour members left confused by Trailer of Truth

Farmers spent weeks preparing to protest outside the Labour Party conference, however, the sentiment appeared to get lost in the sea of other protestors who joined them. Farmers Guardian news and business reporter Mia Willemsen discusses the day

clock 01 October 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Gethin Lewis: "Always ask for help and advice, as every day is a school day"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Gethin Lewis: "Always ask for help and advice, as every day is a school day"

Rhayader farmer Gethin Lewis writes on his passion for sheep shearing, winning numerous accolades over the years, and why asking for help is an invaluable lesson in farming and in life

clock 01 October 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "We estimated that cattle and sheep numbers may fall by 19% by 2033"

Climate Change

Letters: "We estimated that cattle and sheep numbers may fall by 19% by 2033"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Indra Thillainathan, team lead - Land, Agriculture and Nature at the CCC

clock 30 September 2025 • 2 min read