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From the editor: This is a call for change, a cry from voters for things to get better

From the editor: This is a call for change, a cry from voters for things to get better

This week from Íæż½ã½ã acting editor Katie Jones

Politics
Katie Jones
clock 09 May 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

OPINION: WWII shows us that farmers must be placed at the heart of food security

clock 09 May 2025 • 1 min read
Farm Business

How to navigate a farming divorce

clock 08 May 2025 • 3 min read
Livestock

Young Dog Handler Focus – Lewis Bevan: "A win would be a great 18th birthday present"

clock 08 May 2025 • 2 min read
Farm Life

VE DAY SPECIAL: "Contributing to food security made us very proud as farming families"

clock 08 May 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Charlotte Beer: "It is difficult to have faith in Gov promises"

clock 07 May 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

Letters: "Those fools whose shelves are filled with plenty... Will only learn when their bellies are empty"

clock 06 May 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "To safeguard our farms and rural communities, the police must take further, targeted action"

Rural crime

Letters: "To safeguard our farms and rural communities, the police must take further, targeted action"

Alex Cotterill, a student at the University of Nottinghamshire, writes about rural crime and how it could be tackled

clock 06 May 2025 • 3 min read
In your field – Alan Carter: "Spring is the time of new life and fresh starts, and the year really begins"

Farm Life

In your field – Alan Carter: "Spring is the time of new life and fresh starts, and the year really begins"

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 05 May 2025 • 3 min read
In your field – Dan Hawes: "Isn't it good to see British fruit back on the supermarket shelves?"

Farm Life

In your field – Dan Hawes: "Isn't it good to see British fruit back on the supermarket shelves?"

Dan Hawes produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, Kent. The arable side of the business includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 04 May 2025 • 3 min read