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Farmers Guardian Farmers Guardian magazine on Facebook. Farmers Guardian, informing and supporting Britain’s farmers for over 170 years.

Since 1844, we’ve reported on progress and change in farming – our earliest issues covered the repeal of the Corn Laws – and today, we’re using technology to transform how we provide news, information and advice to our readers. IN 2016, FARMERS GUARDIAN BECAME A MAGAZINE
The new look Farmers Guardian news content is even harder-edged and drills down in to what political decisions and wider events

really mean for farmers and their businesses. We analyse the big issues affecting agriculture, as well as showcasing the innovation which is transforming the industry. With a quarterly or annual subscription, you can have the paper delivered direct to your door every week – and save money on the regular cover price, too. As a subscriber, you also receive exclusive access to VIP Member content online at FGInsight.com, which includes a free App version of the paper every week so you can read Farmers Guardian wherever and whenever suits you.

🗣️ "As a result, we must now accept that the 110 acres of our best arable land, almost half of Eden Farm, will be taken ...
07/09/2025

🗣️ "As a result, we must now accept that the 110 acres of our best arable land, almost half of Eden Farm, will be taken from us."

Tenant farmers Emma and Rob Sturdy of Eden Farm, behind the Save Old Malton Countryside campaign, have been fighting developers since 2021 to save their farm business.

Unfortunately, Emma confirmed on Friday (September 5) that their bid to stop a solar energy company from taking over 110 acres of land had been unsuccessful in the High Court.

Read more: https://www.farmersguardian.com/news/4518611/tenant-farmers-dealt-devastating-blow-solar-farm-takeover-court-rejects-solar-farm

❗Defra representatives were questioned by MP's regarding the recruitment and retention of APHA vets as disease outbreaks...
07/09/2025

❗Defra representatives were questioned by MP's regarding the recruitment and retention of APHA vets as disease outbreaks pose significant threats to human health and rural communities. 👇

Understanding why vets leave the industry is key to retaining staff says Defra

🗣️ "Asking for money - handouts - makes us feel very uncomfortable," said Ms Grant-Evans, the owner of a Horsley-based m...
07/09/2025

🗣️ "Asking for money - handouts - makes us feel very uncomfortable," said Ms Grant-Evans, the owner of a Horsley-based micro-dairy. "But you have to swallow your pride and ask for help. We do need help and we are very fortunate that so many people and customers have donated."

Farmers are turning to crowdfunding platforms to raise cash for forage as feed stocks struggle following what the Met Office has termed ‘almost certainly' the warmest summer on record.

READ MORE: https://www.farmersguardian.com/news/4518357/farmers-turn-crowdfunding-record-summer-hits-feed-supplies

🚨 The Agricultural Industries Confederation has said it has been made aware of suspected fatal botulism cases in cattle ...
06/09/2025

🚨 The Agricultural Industries Confederation has said it has been made aware of suspected fatal botulism cases in cattle on a small number of farms, which are potentially linked to product supplied by a feed business.

Reports have emerged across the media stating ‘hundreds of cows' have either died or been culled following outbreaks of a ‘life-threatening' disease that has occurred in cattle across the country.

READ MORE: https://www.farmersguardian.com/news/4518617/aic-aware-suspected-botulism-cases-reports-claim-left-hundreds-cows-dead

🐑 SHEEP PRICES - Markets across the country reported a bounceback in values after a small dip in prices in the second ha...
06/09/2025

🐑 SHEEP PRICES - Markets across the country reported a bounceback in values after a small dip in prices in the second half of August.

Corrections in price are more likely to be seasonal than fundamental, according to Jeremy Eaton of CCM in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

READ MORE:

Corrections in price are more likely to be seasonal than fundamental, say auctioneers

The pot of gold at the end of this rainbow is 👌📸 Highland Cows of the Peak
06/09/2025

The pot of gold at the end of this rainbow is 👌

📸 Highland Cows of the Peak

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Farmers Guardian, informing and supporting Britain’s farmers for over 175 years. Since 1844, we’ve reported on progress and change in farming – our earliest issues covered the repeal of the Corn Laws – and today, we’re using technology to transform how we provide news, information and advice to our readers.

IN 2016, FARMERS GUARDIAN BECAME A MAGAZINE

The new-look Farmers Guardian news content is even harder-edged and drills down into what political decisions and wider events really mean for farmers and their businesses. We analyse the big issues affecting agriculture, as well as showcasing the innovation which is transforming the industry.

With a monthly, quarterly or annual subscription, you can have it delivered direct to your door every week – and save money on the regular cover price, too. As a subscriber, you also receive exclusive access to VIP Member content online at FGInsight.com, which includes a free App version of the magazine every week so you can read Farmers Guardian wherever and whenever suits you.