Sun, sea and socialising – FG are heading to the DIY AGM
A farmer’s son from Yorkshire, Young farmers has been an integral part of John Houseman’s upbringing. While sat in a tractor on his placement year with Harper Adams in 2019, he heard the news that the...
11 Apr 202420min
NFU's new vice-president Rachel Hallos says 'trust and honesty' is her priority
As an upland tenant farmer the NFU’s new vice-president Rachel Hallos will be a powerful voice as the union navigates unprecedented change.She may be new to the role, but NFU vice president Rachel Hal...
4 Apr 202430min
Shadow Defra Secretary, Steve Reed shares how Labour looks to pick up rural votes in the run-up to a General Election
Shadow Defra Secretary Steve Reed admits previously the Labour party had lost connection with the countryside and farming communities and said he hoped to turn it around in the next General Election l...
29 Mar 202439min
NFYFC new council chair Drew Bailey on why Young Farmers clubs are for everyone
Newly elected council chair of National Federation for Young Farmers clubs (NFYFC), Drew Bailey is from a non-farming background and joined NFYFC when he was 15 years old. In his new role he is passio...
21 Mar 202423min
The countdown to net zero and how farmers are leading the charge
Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley speaks to Soil Association chief executive Helen Browning and Overbury Farms regenerative farming manager Jake Freestone who were speaking at the Low Carbon Agri...
15 Mar 202421min
Dairy farmer Sophie Gregory on organic farming and her Nuffield Scholarship
Sophie Gregory is a dairy farmer in Dorset, and over the years her thousands of followers - all 12k of them - have followed her on her journey into agriculture. Not from farming, she called herself 'f...
8 Mar 202441min
The Kaleb Cooper Bursary: The first two recipients talk about their hopes for their future farming careers
In this week's episode of the Farmers Guardian podcast, online editor, Emily Ashworth, speaks to the first ever recipients of the Kaleb Cooper Bursary, which aims to support students from non-farming ...
1 Mar 202430min
Save Kidsley Park Farm - Tenant farmer Andrew Dakin on the bid to save his farm from a solar panel takeover
Andrew Dakin is a local Derbyshire farmer whose entire livelihood is at risk. As a third generation farmer at Kidsley Park Farm, Andrew’s family have farmed in the village of Smalley near Heanor for 9...
23 Feb 202430min
