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Young Farmer Focus - Kirsty Leigh: "There is a place for a Beef Shorthorn in any farming enterprise"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Kirsty Leigh: "There is a place for a Beef Shorthorn in any farming enterprise"

Kirsty Leigh is a fourth-generation farmer from Wolverley in Worcestershire. She writes about her family farm business, the support and guidance she has received so far, and the importance of butchers and genetics

clock 19 March 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "Government is removing the tools to deliver the positive outcomes farmers have worked so hard to create"

Politics

Letters: "Government is removing the tools to deliver the positive outcomes farmers have worked so hard to create"

James Turner, steering group member of Clee View Farmers, conveys the group's reaction to the Government's closure of SFI 24

clock 18 March 2025 • 2 min read
Martin Lines: "The closure of SFI has highlighted just how fragile the current system is"

Politics

Martin Lines: "The closure of SFI has highlighted just how fragile the current system is"

Mr Lines, chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, writes about Defra’s sudden SFI closure, how farm support payments are 'failing' farmers, the urgent action needed and why farmers cannot wait 18 months

clock 17 March 2025 • 4 min read
Ed Dungait: "Is this Labour Government deliberately attempting to destroy farming businesses to free up land for other uses?"

Politics

Ed Dungait: "Is this Labour Government deliberately attempting to destroy farming businesses to free up land for other uses?"

Mr Dungait is a tenant farmer from Morpeth in Northumberland and former chair of NYFC. He writes about why farmers feel hurt and betrayed since Labour came to power, his time in NFYFC and why he wants to enter politics

clock 17 March 2025 • 5 min read
OPINION: 'Broken promises, increased taxation, plugging support schemes and empty words have pushed farmers to breaking point'

Politics

OPINION: 'Broken promises, increased taxation, plugging support schemes and empty words have pushed farmers to breaking point'

News and business reporter Chris Brayford discusses the dwindling trust between Government and farmers

clock 16 March 2025 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Ben Aveling - "It's time farmers are paid fairly, as this is truly the only way to save British farms, especially if the Inheritance Tax holds firm"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: Ben Aveling - "It's time farmers are paid fairly, as this is truly the only way to save British farms, especially if the Inheritance Tax holds firm"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Farmer and meat retailer from Towcester, Northamptonshire - Ben Aveling

clock 15 March 2025 • 4 min read
View from the rostrum: Adam Grieve – A new era for the cattle trade

Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum: Adam Grieve – A new era for the cattle trade

Adam Grieve, senior auctioneer at St Boswells and manager at Wooler Mart, Harrison and Hetherington, reflects on the livestock markets

clock 14 March 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: How can the Government claim to be aligned with a greener economy, only to turn its back on the very farmers who are driving sustainability?

Politics

Letters: How can the Government claim to be aligned with a greener economy, only to turn its back on the very farmers who are driving sustainability?

This week sheep farmer and founder of rural education petition Olivia Shave reflects on this week's decision from Defra, to halt 2024 Sustainable Farming Incentive applications

clock 14 March 2025 • 1 min read
From the editor: How many chances will farmers give Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet as they blunder on with their botched approach to agricultural policy?

Politics

From the editor: How many chances will farmers give Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet as they blunder on with their botched approach to agricultural policy?

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 13 March 2025 • 3 min read
Andy Cato: "Drones and missiles will not protect us if there is no bread"

Politics

Andy Cato: "Drones and missiles will not protect us if there is no bread"

Wildfarmed's Andy Cato writes on Defra's SFI24 closure, why it is vital that farmers receive support for their efforts in nature and climate recovery, and why nature-rich food production should be seen as the most valuable of investments rather than a subsidy by Government

clock 13 March 2025 • 3 min read