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FW Awards: Meet the 2025 Ag Student of the Year finalists

Three finalists from non-farming backgrounds blew the judging panel away with their passion, tenacity and optimism for the agricultural sector. The judges Ally Hunter-Blair Ally farms 200ha of arable land…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

How safety campaign is putting kids and young farmers first

As the 13th annual Farm Safety Week approaches (21-25 July 2025), the Farm Safety Foundation is urging the industry to reflect on why farming remains one of the most dangerous…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Kintyre charity walk raises £89,000 for Rsabi

A charity walk spanning 100 miles along the Kintyre Way has raised more than £88,000 for the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (Rsabi). The walk took place in memory of…

YOUNG FARMERS

Peter Gittins: Universities should support UK farming more

Few UK universities teach agriculture. Most are urban-based and geared toward city careers. Farming is often overlooked as a viable option, characterised by rural remoteness, hard graft, and modest pay.…

FARMLIFE FRAMED

Photo of the Week: New combine cuts early winter barley

One of the first photos in our Harvest 2025 photo gallery was this lovely view of the winter barley harvest at Rigsby Farm in Lincolnshire. While the US was celebrating…

COMMUNITY

Best of Welsh food and farming on show at Royal Welsh 2025

The very best of Welsh agriculture, food and culture, will be on display when the Royal Welsh Show opens its gates to the public on Monday 21 July, with Caernarfonshire…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Farmworker walks length of Scotland for mental health

North East farm worker Duncan Maclellan is walking from John O’Groats to Gretna Green to raise funds for the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (Rsabi) and highlight the mental health…

COMMUNITY

Best of Welsh food and farming on show at Royal Welsh 2025

The very best of Welsh agriculture, food and culture, will be on display when the Royal Welsh Show opens its gates to the public on Monday 21 July, with Caernarfonshire…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: 10 delicious confessions of a Groundswell goer

The present Mrs Evans and I have just spent two days at Groundswell. It’s my favourite farming event, by some distance, and it’ll take me some time to properly process…

COMMUNITY

How tweed is helping country style enter the mainstream

Rural fashion has long been shaped by the demands of countryside life. Its origins lie in practicality, designed to suit farmers and landworkers braving unpredictable weather and outdoor work. Back…

COMMUNITY

Winter sheep scene wins 'Best of Welsh Farming' photo comp

A wintery sheep farming scene from Radnorshire has won “Best of Welsh Farming” in this year’s NFU Cymru photo competition. More than 200 photos were submitted, but judges were particularly…

COMMUNITY

Pink Ladies’ tractor run breaks record in 21st year

A record 192 tractors took part in the Pink Ladies’ Tractor Road Run on Sunday. Women from across the region drove a 20-mile route through south Norfolk and north Suffolk…

YOUNG FARMERS

Alasdair Boden: Less can be more when it comes to acreage

While they might say it doesn’t matter, I always feel very self-conscious when disclosing the size of our farm. To rip the band aid off, we’re 90ish acres. That’s 90 acres,…

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YOUNG FARMERS

FW Awards: Meet the 2025 Ag Student of the Year finalists

Three finalists from non-farming backgrounds blew the judging panel away with their passion, tenacity and optimism for the agricultural sector. The judges Ally Hunter-Blair Ally farms 200ha of arable land…

YOUNG FARMERS

Peter Gittins: Universities should support UK farming more

Few UK universities teach agriculture. Most are urban-based and geared toward city careers. Farming is often overlooked as a viable option, characterised by rural remoteness, hard graft, and modest pay.…

YOUNG FARMERS

Alasdair Boden: Less can be more when it comes to acreage

While they might say it doesn’t matter, I always feel very self-conscious when disclosing the size of our farm. To rip the band aid off, we’re 90ish acres. That’s 90 acres,…

YOUNG FARMERS

Kate Tomlinson: 'Husband-finding' chat has echoes of 1921

Knee-deep in powdery snow, my friend and I gazed at the golden glow spreading across the southern Alps before us. Mountain upon mountain rose and fell, the blue sky transforming…

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WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: High hopes for harvest and hot lunches

We broke a harvest record yesterday. Not for yield, unfortunately – though early indications are that it’s going to be pretty decent this year – but for start date. We…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: 10 delicious confessions of a Groundswell goer

The present Mrs Evans and I have just spent two days at Groundswell. It’s my favourite farming event, by some distance, and it’ll take me some time to properly process…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: The soundtrack of my farming childhood

Make hay while the sun shines, they say. And for the past few weeks, on and off, I’ve been doing just that. What marvellous weather we’ve had for it; I…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: A modern farmer's guide to influencing people

It was just a few seconds after getting a face full of wheat chaff and rat shit that I began to question my life choices. I’d done everything I could…

 
 
 

Health and wellbeing

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HEALTH AND WELLBEING

How safety campaign is putting kids and young farmers first

As the 13th annual Farm Safety Week approaches (21-25 July 2025), the Farm Safety Foundation is urging the industry to reflect on why farming remains one of the most dangerous…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Kintyre charity walk raises £89,000 for Rsabi

A charity walk spanning 100 miles along the Kintyre Way has raised more than £88,000 for the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (Rsabi). The walk took place in memory of…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Farmworker walks length of Scotland for mental health

North East farm worker Duncan Maclellan is walking from John O’Groats to Gretna Green to raise funds for the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (Rsabi) and highlight the mental health…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Why agriculture needs people with neurodivergent strengths

Agriculture needs people with different ways of thinking, and the industry should be encouraging them to work in the sector if it is to thrive. That’s according to Dr Temple…

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FARMLIFE FRAMED

Photo of the Week: New combine cuts early winter barley

One of the first photos in our Harvest 2025 photo gallery was this lovely view of the winter barley harvest at Rigsby Farm in Lincolnshire. While the US was celebrating…

FARMLIFE FRAMED

Photo of the Week: 3 farming generations out grass silaging

This week’s photo of the week was taken at Mawley Town Farm, in South Shropshire, by Rachel Robinson. It shows three generations of the Robinsons ranging from 18 to 80…

FARMLIFE FRAMED

Harvest 2025: Send us your images that capture the season

Harvest is one of the most intense, rewarding, and visually striking times of the farming year, and Farmers Weekly wants to see it through your lens. Our annual Harvest Photography…

FARMLIFE FRAMED

Photo of the Week: Orphaned Texel thrives in Kent flock

This week's photo of the week was taken by Georgia Brown in Tenterden, Kent. Although originally rejected by her mother, the orphaned lamb is clearly thriving now in the care…