From the editor: Political hot air at COP26 prompts further confusion for UK farming

As world leaders gathered in Glasgow this week for the COP26 climate summit, the irony of their collective carbon footprint was lost on no one.

Ben Briggs

Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.

05 November 2021 鈥� 2 min read

As world leaders gathered in Glasgow this week for the COP26 climate summit, the irony of their collective carbon footprint was lost on no one. Whether it was the plethora of private jets or, in the...

Wildfire warning issued for farming communities in Scotland

Last year's wildfires in Carrbridge and Dava had covered approximately 11,827 hectares of moorland and woodland in what was the country's largest wildfire event

Chris Brayford

20 March 2026 鈥� 1 min read

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OPINION: "Open the farm gate, muddy the public's trainers and change how they see farming"

As LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) encourages farmers to open their gates for Open 51AV视频Sunday on June 7, Farmers Guardian's editorial director Olivia Midgley reflects on the quiet but powerful influence such encounters can have on the public

Olivia Midgley

19 March 2026 鈥� 2 min read

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Rural poverty 'overlooked and misunderstood' by policymakers, report finds

Rural communities have been overlooked by successive Governments, the report says, with assumptions that they are areas assumed to be 'prosperous, politically peripheral, or resistant to change'

Chris Brayford

19 March 2026 鈥� 8 min read

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