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Opinion and blogs

In your field: Kate Rowell - "We've just been away on honeymoon – only 25 years after the wedding"

In your field: Kate Rowell - "We've just been away on honeymoon – only 25 years after the wedding"

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland.

In your field
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clock 12 October 2024 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: "One hundred days into Sir Keir Starmer's premiership and farmers' confidence in his ambition for change is fading fast"

clock 11 October 2024 • 2 min read
Young Íæż½ã½ã and Careers

View from the rostrum: Stephen Dodsworth - "God bless the Young Íæż½ã½ã"

clock 10 October 2024 • 3 min read
Environment

Farming Matters: Sarah Sankey - "We are calling on the Government to provide more and better funding for nature-friendly farming"

clock 08 October 2024 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Right now, trust in the SFI system is low"

clock 07 October 2024 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Alice Bathard: "Farming is not just a job – it is a lifestyle"

clock 07 October 2024 • 2 min read
Politics

From the editor: "Simplifying the system and reducing the burden of bureaucracy are key if Red Tractor wants to win back confidence and members"

clock 03 October 2024 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Phil Latham - "Will inheritance tax relief be lost for farming businesses? If so, it will devastate the succession plans for many families"

Politics

Farming Matters: Phil Latham - "Will inheritance tax relief be lost for farming businesses? If so, it will devastate the succession plans for many families"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Dairy farmer and equestrian centre owner in Cheshire - Phil Latham

clock 03 October 2024 • 4 min read
From the editor: It is high time Sir Keir revealed what is on the table for farmers

Politics

From the editor: It is high time Sir Keir revealed what is on the table for farmers

This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor Olivia Midgley

clock 01 October 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - "Livestock attacks are all too common. How is it that we are facing these heartbreaking scenes over and over?"

In your field

In your field: Dan Jones - "Livestock attacks are all too common. How is it that we are facing these heartbreaking scenes over and over?"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

clock 30 September 2024 • 2 min read