Farming
Letters: ignore the farming doomsters
Despoiling Suffolk Sir: There can be few better summaries of government attitude to Britain’s countryside than James Vitali’s: ‘Something to…
How much more can British farmers endure?
Lately, for reasons that are far too baroque to go into, my wife and I have been looking at farm…
Trump has serious beef with American farmers
In August, Donald Trump sided with consumers by increasing the tariff-free quota on imported beef for 90 days beginning September…
Why Trump can’t control the price of a burger
Good news, burger lovers. Help is on the way. Last month, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has…
Don’t blame supermarkets for your expensive shop
I’m sufficiently nostalgic for the British supermarkets I left behind in 2023 that on visits to the UK I run…
Farming today: field fires and food price hikes ahead
I report from FTSE boardrooms and City bars, but I also spend time – mostly in Yorkshire, currently in France…
The tiny island in the wild North Atlantic that ‘feels like the safest place in the world’
As Tim Ecott observes the breeding seabirds on the loneliest of the Faroe Islands, he experiences a sense of belonging to a secret kingdom
When Mum went marching with the EDL
Nicola Wilding describes how her 60-year-old mother, prompted by the brutal murder of Lee Rigby, unexpectedly decided to join ranks with Tommy Robinson
The madcap effort to ban farming, fishing and hunting in Oregon
What happens when something you do every day becomes illegal? If animal rights activists in Oregon have their way, the…
The great British flower revival
When Juliet said of Romeo that ‘a rose by any other name would smell as sweet’, she spoke a common…
What no one tells you about dairy farming
It has been calving time in Devon and I arrive from London ready to work hard. The day starts at…
Tomorrow belongs to the vegetarians
Can there be any thinking person who has passed a lorry filled with live animals peering out through the slats…
The cattle rustlers have returned
Kenya When a mob of Somali cattle I bought in Kenya’s far north arrived on the farm in February, we…
Why is crude oil measured in barrels?
Crude estimates Why is crude oil measured in barrels? — From medieval times onwards, all sorts of commodities were measured…
Ladies love an eye patch
Kenya While we were loading two stud bulls and eight hoggets onto a lorry in my ranch’s yard in the…
Save England’s apples!
On a grey autumn morning, the apples in the National Fruit Collection look vivid. They pile up in pyramids of…
How popular is Airbnb?
Tall order Two naval cadets were killed and 19 injured when a Mexican sail training vessel, the Cuauhtemoc, crashed into…
The story of food in glorious technicolour
Jenny Linford explores the global history of cooking and eating through specific items from the British Museum spanning recorded history
Why I’m obsessed with Farming Today
Farming Today airs at an undignified hour each morning on Radio 4. On the few occasions I’ve caught it live…
Letters: Labour’s attack on farmers
Losing the plot Sir: Your leading article ‘Blight on the land’ (23 November) is right to call out the hypocrisy…
Rachel Reeves can still repair the damage done to farming
The Chancellor of the Exchequer found time this week to edit her own page on the social media site LinkedIn.…
Portrait of the week: Rising inflation, electric car targets and a tax on flatulent livestock
Home Thousands of farmers protested in Westminster against inheritance tax on farms. Tesco, Amazon, Greggs and 76 other chains belonging…
Could inheritance tax changes help farmers in the long run?
Britain’s farmers are in a bind. Despite sitting on land worth millions, they are unable to release that wealth without…
Labour’s war on the countryside
Two miles from where I am writing, the neighbouring village is plastered with posters demanding ‘Say No to Pylons’. The…
Is No. 10 coming for game shooting next?
I confess I was lunching at L’Escargot in Greek Street as Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget. My excuse was that…
