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From the editor: Musical chairs at Defra - Can Emma Reynolds rise to the challenge?

From the editor: Musical chairs at Defra - Can Emma Reynolds rise to the challenge?

This week from 草榴社区 Guardian editor Katie Jones

Politics
Katie Jones
Katie Jones
clock 11 September 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Andrew RT Davies: "Livestock farming in Wales is approaching a crisis point"

clock 11 September 2025 鈥� 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Robert Crank: "It is a full family effort to get milking finished in time for a dinner dance"

clock 10 September 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Politics

OPINION: Can Reform and Nigel Farage really win for British farming beyond Inheritance Tax?

clock 09 September 2025 鈥� 7 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Robin Swann on Inheritance Tax: "It's the next generation who are now wondering if they have a future"

clock 09 September 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Campaigns

Letters: "Love British Food is calling on businesses and consumers to consciously choose British produce"

clock 09 September 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Environment

EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn: "The road to Net Zero is paved with falsehoods and broken promises"

clock 08 September 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Farming Matters: "The landscape is shifting - we have seen an influx of more women in the sector"

Farm Business

Farming Matters: "The landscape is shifting - we have seen an influx of more women in the sector"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Hannah Stackhouse, technical support manager at A B Nutrition and Sugarich and member of the Women in Feed committee

clock 08 September 2025 鈥� 3 min read
In your field - James Robinson: "The best thing to happen this month was a letter to confirm we have returned to an 'officially tuberculosis free status'"

In your field

In your field - James Robinson: "The best thing to happen this month was a letter to confirm we have returned to an 'officially tuberculosis free status'"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 07 September 2025 鈥� 3 min read
In your field - Emma Robinson: "He had been a farmer all his life and loved it and was still driving the combine into his late 80s"

In your field

In your field - Emma Robinson: "He had been a farmer all his life and loved it and was still driving the combine into his late 80s"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 06 September 2025 鈥� 2 min read