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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
Letters: Chancellor's Spring Statement 'overlooks food security as key part of national resilience'

Politics

Letters: Chancellor's Spring Statement 'overlooks food security as key part of national resilience'

Farmer Richard Watts said: "Rising costs in wages, National Insurance, and energy are putting immense pressure on small and family-run farms"

clock 28 March 2025 • 1 min read
From the editor: "Chancellor Rachel Reeves' 'real change' is something our sector could well do without"

Politics

From the editor: "Chancellor Rachel Reeves' 'real change' is something our sector could well do without"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 27 March 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Eleanor Rawson: "I have always known I wanted to be a vet"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Eleanor Rawson: "I have always known I wanted to be a vet"

Ms Rawson, from Gainsborough, writes about growing up in the British countryside, why more people should study veterinary courses, and how she hopes to be a farm vet in the future

clock 26 March 2025 • 2 min read